Sex & Gender

Amy Gais writes that her students judge women writers much more harshly than male writers—and considers what can be done about it.

A U of Missouri faculty committee report says professors have been pressured to withdraw tenure and promotion applications, or to apply to non-tenure-track positions before even submitting tenure applications.

The rule would prevent blanket bans on transgender athletes participating in the sport that matches their gender identity, but some groups want the Education Department to do more to protect this group of students.

Reviewing decades of studies, researchers with “adversarial” perspectives conclude that tenure-track women and men in STEM receive comparable grant funding, journal acceptances and recommendation letters—and that women have an edge over men in hiring.

University of Michigan graduate student instructors and staff assistants have been striking for almost a month. Now, the institution is trying to grade without them.