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Women In Academia

Women in Academia: the Tenure Track Drop-Off

According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), in 2004, women received 42% of the doctorates in science and engineering fields but made up less than 18% of all tenured positions (Dirks and Cunningham, 2006). I apologize that I do not have the numbers on hand for the social sciences and humanities, but reports from Harvard […]

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Op Ed

Focus on the Family’s Anti-Bullying Plan

Yesterday we looked at True Tolerance, Focus on the Family’s website which addresses school bullying.  Today we’ll be looking at the policy they recommend for school districts to address bullying without furthering the “homosexual agenda.”   And boy oh boy, is it a doozy.   As the True Tolerance site claims any of the materials available on […]

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Public Service

I Love the Smell of WordPress in the Morning

Good morning!  How is everyone on this fine Wednesday morning?  We have some great stories planned to keep you entertained/distracted during hump day.  Our Gaming writer, Jordan Shea, has a great piece on male vs. female characters in video games.  Selena will be writing a Gleecap and continuing her piece on Focus on the Family.  […]

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Op Ed

Focus on the Family: Moralizing from the Bully Pulpit

It’s national Bullying Awareness week, a topic we will be covering extensively.  In the course of my research for an upcoming article, I stumbled upon a website on bullying created by Focus on the Family, a group not known for its acceptance or tolerance of anyone who does not believe the same way as Focus […]