At the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, for instance, the number of female tenure-track faculty has increased 48 percent from fall 2003, when the university's ADVANCE Program began, from 29 to ...

Since the 2011-12 academic year, Stanford has increased its total professoriate faculty count by at least 20 annually. This year is the first time since then that the University has gone under ...

Stanford's undergraduate student body is 42.5% white. Its faculty, on the other hand, is 73% white. The faculty is 73% male -- but nearly half of the students are female.

Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine is trying to increase the representation of women on its faculty by reinforcing an organizational culture that accepts the use of work-life benefits.

Several female School of Medicine faculty blame a culture of sexual harassment and sexism for what they say is an inadequate University response to allegations ranging from inappropriate touching ...

Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler is an associate professor of mechanical science and engineering. She joined the University in 2002 as a tenure track faculty person. Hsiao-Wecksler is one of five female ...

WIKIMEDIA, BILL BRANSON In a hypothetical hiring situation, faculty members in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are twice as likely to give a job to a female applicant than to a male ...