Georgia Tech ADVANCE Program

Why are so many graduate programs dropping the GRE requirement for their applications? Find out why, and equip yourself with resources to be an advocate for in your unit.

#GRExit Resources: Remove the GRE Requirement for Graduate Admissions A compilation of resources that support the removal of the GRE requirement for graduate school applications. Resources include a list of peer-reviewed studies …

Being Highly Prolific in Academic Science:
Characteristics of individuals and their departments

A telling constellation of hierarchical advantages: rank, collaborative span, and favorable work climate. And when we take rank into account, gender is not associated with being prolific.

(PDF) Being highly prolific in academic science: characteristics of individuals and their departments PDF | The prolific (exceptionally high producers of scholarly publications) are strategic to the study of academic science. The highly prolific have... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

Quantitative Science Studies (MIT Press)
Issue on: Bridges and Research Agendas between ‘Qualitative’ and ‘Quantitative’ Science Studies
vol. 1, no. 3, 2020https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342258231_Gender_Science_and_Academic_Rank_Key_Issues_and_Approaches

(PDF) Gender, Science, and Academic Rank: Key Issues and Approaches PDF | In the social study of science, gender is a critical research site because relations of gender are hierarchical and inequality is a central... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

Mounting evidence suggests that working mothers are disproportionately impacted by pandemic.

‘They Go to Mommy First’ How the pandemic is disproportionately disrupting mothers’ careers.

We celebrate the Schools across Georgia Tech that have removed the GRE as a requirement for graduate applications:
Georgia Tech Earth And Atmospheric Sciences (Sept, 2019)
Georgia Tech Chemistry and Biochemistry (Feb, 2020)
Georgia Tech School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (June, 2020)

Who's next? [and are we missing anybody in the list above?]

Here's a recent article on , co-authored by Tech's own Kim Cobb, Jen Glass, and Minda Monteagudo.

#GeoGRExit: Why Geosciences Programs Are Dropping the GRE - Eos Geoscience graduate programs are increasingly abandoning the controversial test as an admissions requirement, a welcome development for equity and inclusion in the field. How can your school be next?

The data are in: women 1st-authored papers are down substantially during the pandemic. How can Georgia Tech mitigate the long-term damage of this trend on hiring, promotion, and tenure?

Pandemic lockdown holding back female academics, data show Unequal childcare burden blamed for fall in share of published research by women since schools shut, but funding bodies look to alleviate career impact

If we want to hire the best faculty, while achieving equitable outcomes in faculty hiring, we must address the problems outlined below, wherein institutional prestige defines a small "in crowd" for faculty positions.

Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks | Science Advances

Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks The faculty job market plays a fundamental role in shaping research priorities, educational outcomes, and career trajectories among scientists and institutions. However, a quantitative understanding of faculty hiring as a system is lacking. Using a simple technique to extract the institutional prest...

A depressing article about the pandemic's outsized toll on women researchers: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/may/12/womens-research-plummets-during-lockdown-but-articles-from-men-increase?CMP=share_btn_fb

Any ideas about how Georgia Tech could address this? Eager to hear your stories of how this has impacted you and your family, your lab group, and your colleagues.

Women's research plummets during lockdown - but articles from men increase Many female academics say juggling their career with coronavirus childcare is overwhelming

To be rescheduled for: Fall 2020

As part of our ongoing efforts to promote gender diversity and advance gender equity using data and an evidence-based approach, we are preparing a new global gender and research report. The new report is scheduled to be released in early March 2020.

Our new report will examine gender in research participation, career progression and collaboration networks using robust data and analytics. Moreover, it will include a qualitative investigation of perceptions of gender in research.

Please save this date for our Washington, DC launch event where we will share the report findings and hear from experts on gender issues in research.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Details

Topic: The research journey through a gender lens
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Time: 8:30am to 5pm
Place: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004

We will be announcing a keynote speaker and our panelists soon, as well as the date for a Brussels, Belgium launch event. Right now, please mark the date for this event on your calendar so you don’t miss it.

Visit us to learn more about our upcoming report, and to sign up for event and related updates.
Learn more >

Feel free to email me with any questions you may have

Regards,
Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski, PhD
Vice President, Research Intelligence
Co-Chair, Gender Working Group
[email protected]

What is your vision for Georgia Tech?

President Ángel Cabrera has kicked off a strategic planning process, and invites all students, faculty, and staff to engage in a community-wide process to define Georgia Tech's collective aspirations for the next decade via his Strategic Plan Initiative.

For more information and to register for one of more than 20 available strategic planning visioning sessions, please visit: https://strategicplan.gatech.edu/.

Whether you attend a session or not, please consider filling out the Strategic Plan survey available on the above link.

Message from President Cabrera | Strategic Plan

Today a group of women faculty had an inspiring lunch with the new Dean of College of Science Dean Lozier talking all things diversity, equity, and inclusion.