Researcher wonders about parents of the future
New research out of Queen's University indicates that women are changing their views on bearing children.
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2013
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African-American females have good odds to get a loan
Need a loan? You appear to have an advantage if you're an African American female. According to a study by University of Iowa sociologist Sarah Harkness, lenders perceive African-American women just as favorably as white ...
Social Sciences
Aug 12, 2013
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Popping the question is his job: When it comes to marriage proposals, young men and women hold fast to traditional views
Would women rather "pop the question?" Apparently not. With marriage proposals in the air around the new year, researchers at UC Santa Cruz report that both women and men tend to hold traditional views when it comes to marriage ...
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2013
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Scientists show positive effects of affirmative action policies promoting women
Interventions to promote women have continuously been criticized as ineffective and inhibiting performance. Economists of the University of Innsbruck have now rejected this criticism; they conducted a series of experiments ...
Economics & Business
Feb 2, 2012
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Women in science? Universities don't make the grade
Despite years of trying to improve the number of women undergraduates in science and engineering, a new study shows most universities are failing. Not only are women lagging behind their male classmates, efforts to close ...
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Sep 29, 2011
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