News Items from the Week of March 15, 2019

International

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Subtle biases block women from leading universities | In 2014, the first year with available data for vice-rectors, the proportion of female vice-rectors in these 36 countries was 24.3%. Thus, the female share in recent years seems to be only slightly increasing. Regarding the top institutional position, meaning rector or the equivalent, such as president or vice-chancellor, in the 24 countries...