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A series of studies in different countries and disciplines of higher education confirm that student evaluations of teaching are significantly correlated with teacher gender, with students regularly rating female teachers lower than their male counterparts.

Read the overview of the new research on this phenomenon here.

Read more research on gender bias within education here.

  • Pallas Athena

    The Greek goddess Pallas Athena is the feisty goddess of wisdom. The owl is her symbol. It is true: she was born, fully armed, from the head of her father Zeus, and can be pretty male-identified at times. The first women in academia did sometimes show this trait. But we are happy to carry out our missions under Athena’s aegis.