Campus

In today’s world many people wonder why colleges and universities have changed and there are number of reason but one rarely discussed is the increase in women in academia. In the past 50 years the number of female professors has doubled from 25% to 54%. In 2020, 85,230 male and 104,950 female students earned a doctoral degree in the US. In a nut shell women have become the majority of teachers in universities. If you agree there are differences between men and women you would expect some changes when the percentage of women in a position increases rapidly. In 2020 women earned 74% of the PhD’s in psychology and 20% of the PhD’s in physics. In some ways these two careers require similar skills like critical thinking but in other ways the skills are quite different. A physicist needs a strong background in math whereas a psychologist needs a strong understanding of human nature. How do these differences change the culture on campus?