Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity Initiatives
News

National Diversity News

Fixing the Leaky Pipeline
The Scientist, January 2008

Gender Roles And Not Gender Bias Hold Back Women Scientists
Science Daily, 11/19/07

A real-world plan to increase diversity in the geosciences
Physics Today, November 2007

The Professoriate Is Increasingly Diverse, but That Didn't Happen by Accident
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 09/28/2007

8 Crucial Steps to Increase Diversity
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 09/28/2007

"What Color Is an A?"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 06/01/2007

"Why Diversity Matters"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 06/01/2007

"Women in Selected Fields: Bachelor's Degrees 1966-2004"
American Institute of Physics, 05/11/2007

"Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold"
New York Times, 04/17/2007

"Making Grad School ‘Family Friendly’"
Inside Higher Ed, 04/04/2007

"Tenure Reform Comes to Yale"
Inside Higher Ed, 02/07/2007

"Life as a Mother-Scientist"
Columbia Spectator, 12/01/2006

"Program provides backup for caregiving needs"
Princeton Weekly Bulletin, 11/13/2006

"AAUP Report Blames Colleges for Gender Inequity Among Professors"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/03/2006

"Report Refutes Some Common Beliefs About Women in S&E Academe"
FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, 10/05/2006

"UC Berkeley: Vice chancellor for equity and inclusion, a new post, to join campus leadership team"
UC Berkeley News, 08/23/2006

"Skin tone more important than educational background for African Americans seeking jobs"
University of Georgia News Service, 08/16/2006

"Wall Street’s Women Face a Fork in the Road"
New York Times, 08/06/2006

"Does Gender Matter?"
Nature (subscription required), 07/13/2006

"Just the Stats: Faculty Diversity"
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 07/06/2006

"Report Disputes Notion That Boys' Academic Performance Is in Decline"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 06/27/2006

"The Chemistry Between Women & Science"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 05/26/2006

"Women's Gains in Sciences at MIT Have Stalled, New Report Finds"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 04/14/2006

"Do changing diapers and helping with homework leave time for world-class scholarship?"
Yale Alumni Magazine, 04/01/2006

"Federal Inquiry on Women in Science"
Inside Higher Ed, 03/28/2006

"Wanted: The Retention of Female Graduate Students"
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 03/23/2006

"Demographic Dilemma"
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 01/26/2006

"Looking for Gender Equity in the Lab"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 01/20/2006

"Women in science, engineering: U-M makes ADVANCE permanent"
University of Michigan News Service, 12/14/2005

"The TICKING of the Biological and Tenure Clocks"
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 11/17/2005

"Prestigious NIH Awards Go to Women for First Time"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/14/2005

"Rigid Tenure System Hurts Young Professors and Women, University Officials Say"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/07/2005

"Princeton Changes Tenure Policy to Stem 'Mommy Trap'"
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 09/22/2005

"Faculty Science: Some colleges are giving scientists who are mothers money to pay for day care or lab assistants"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 07/22/2005

"Marc Goulden: Crunches numbers on academics' family lives"
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 07/15/2005

Columbia Diversity News

"Columbia Names Geraldine Downey New Vice Provost for Diversity Initiatives"
Columbia News, 07/07/2007

"Announcing New Work/Life Office and Director"
Columbia University, 05/11/2007

"Diversity Hiring Moves Forward"
Columbia Spectator, 03/02/2006

"Journalism School, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Join Forces to Improve Coverage of Race, Ethnicity"
Columbia News, 02/15/2006

"MIT President Vest Speaks On Gender and Science"
Columbia Spectator, 02/01/2006

"Diversity in Science & Engineering: Reflecting on the Summers Hypothesis"
Columbia Spectator, 01/20/2006

"The Earth Institute Partners with Columbia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science to Promote Faculty Diversity"
Earth Institute News, 12/01/2005

"Departments to Be Trained in Diversity Hiring: With $15 Million Allocation, Howard Plans Search Committee Training"
Columbia Spectator, 09/22/2005

"Columbia Accelerates Efforts to Diversify Faculty: Campus Dedicates $15M to Be Used in Arts and Sciences"
Columbia Record, 09/06/2005

"Women and the Academy: Focus on Gender Diversity Throughout Univ."
Columbia Spectator, 05/09/2005

"Faculty Diversity: First Year of Diversity Initiatives Focuses on Hiring"
Columbia Spectator, 05/09/2005

"Ivy Leaders Unite to Bring Women to Sciences"
Columbia Spectator, 03/25/2005

"CU Appoints Jean E. Howard as New Vice Provost for Diversity Initiatives"
Columbia News, 09/22/2004