Posts from — January 2010

WOMS 10 – Perspectives on Sex and Gender Roles
(Meets Gen Ed: D1)
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WOMS 20 – Women of Color in the US **JUST ADDED!
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WOMS 101- The Study of Women (Meets Gen Ed: S)
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WOMS 102 – Global Women (Meets Gen Ed: V)
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WOMS 180 – Individual Studies
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WOMS 189 – Islam & Gender
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WOMS 190 – Internship
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Great article in the New York Times on the changing American family…

Based on a study of Census data, Pew found that in nearly a third of marriages, the wife is better educated than her husband. And though men, over all, still earn more than women, wives are now the primary breadwinner in 22 percent of couples, up from 7 percent in 1970.

While the changing economic roles of husbands and wives may take some getting used to, the shift has had a surprising effect on marital stability. Over all, the evidence shows that the shifts within marriages — men taking on more housework and women earning more outside the home — have had a positive effect, contributing to lower divorce rates and happier unions.

Story continues here

The Education Trust nonprofit research institute has released a new analysis of federal data concluding that 50 public flagships, one in each state, “continue to enroll students who are far richer and far whiter” than most in their states, says Director Kati Haycock.

“The report also reveals a grievous imbalance in the way many of these institutions distribute financial aid to students. Public flagship and research universities spend millions of dollars every year subsidizing wealthy students who don’t need aid, while providing inadequate support to low-income and minority students who do.  Although low-income students receive higher grant awards than wealthy students on average, flagships spend almost exactly the same amount to aid students in the top two quintiles of family income as they do to aid students in the bottom two quintiles.

In fact, the typical low-income student at these institutions is left with an “unmet” financial need equivalent to about 70 percent of his or her family’s annual income. Meanwhile, students at our leading public universities are looking less and less like the state populations these institutions were founded to serve.”

See news release here (or download complete report)

Happy New Year, everyone!

For a thoroughly random moment, check out this film taken from a streetcar traveling down Market Street in San Francisco in 1905, before the earthquake/fire destroyed the area. It’s worth taking 7 minutes of your life to watch…no paved roads, no driving rules, no traffic lights, no pedestrian crosswalks. But it all works because the pace is slower.