Improving Gender News Today

It’s no secret that men outnumber women in the halls of Congress and in other political arenas, but new research from Rice University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign also found that significantly more men than women study the legislative process in the U.S. and abroad.

A team of UND faculty and administrators will conduct institutional self-assessment over two years to identify points of inequity among STEM faculty. The self-assessment will not only look for ways to improve the career experiences of faculty members at UND, but potentially for professors and instructors nationwide.