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Gender – Part 2

By Ann York

Shortly after my recent post on Gender: An Academic Question, two articles on gender appeared. The first, and most important, was the Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything. The rather upbeat title stems from the fact that women now make up half the workforce, a percentage that will likely continue to grow. However, the... »

Gender: An Academic Question

By Ann York

“For every 100 American women enrolled in college, there are only 77 men. And for every 100 women who graduate with a bachelor’s degree, only 73 men accomplish that, according to data from the Postsecondary Education Opportunity.” These facts, cited in a blog in the NYTimes, are well known to PowerProfs as Fritz and... »

Gender Models in Leadership

By Ann York

Over the past year, Fritz and I developed and taught a one-credit hour course for our Leadership Certificate Program called Gender Models in Contemporary Healthcare Leadership. Fritz came up with the idea, then recruited me to team teach the course to give it a gender balance. Our main premise was to to use an... »