As first semester drew to a close and final grades came out, I was reminded of a common sentiment that I had heard from many of my engineering friends — that being an engineering major is “hard.” In ...
Fewer women enter and more women leave academic fields valuing brilliance, which is partly due to prevalent gender stereotypes. That’s the central finding of a new analysis of 30 disciplines by an ...
The Eduventures® Admitted Student 2025 Trend Report Outlines Strategies for Colleges and Universities to Engage Students Interested in the "Big Five" Academic Areas to Stay Competitive in Today's ...
In a Friday New York Times op-ed, University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers expresses his concerns about “Why Women’s Voices Are Scarce in Economics.” Here’s the opening and Wolfers’ main ...
Higher Education, Vol. 61, No. 5 (May 2011), pp. 563-585 (23 pages) This paper investigates the characteristics of US colleges and universities that were early adopters of post-1970 academic growth ...
Who are the top Black scholars in academia’s most popular fields of study? Academic Influence celebrates Black History Month 2022 by looking at the most influential Black thought leaders of the past ...
The chart above is based on data from the Department of Education for bachelor’s degrees by academic discipline and the sex of the graduating students for the college class of 2011 (most recent year ...
Other academics, particularly younger scholars, often ask me about how to get an academic book published. When I recently floated the idea of writing a series of blog posts about this issue, on social ...
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