In schools and universities, men are overrepresented in leadership relative to their representation in the lower and middle levels of the organization. For example, there is a much larger percent of men in principalships—about 48%—relative to the percent of men who are teachers (about 21%). Similarly, women outpace men in earning doctoral degrees but only 23% of college and university presidents are women. Outside of education, only one in five C-suite executives is a woman, which is low but represents a significant increase over the last two decades.
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This week, I will shamelessly copy one of my favorite podcast hosts, Jon Lovett. On his weekly show, Lovett has a segment called the Rant Wheel, in which he spins the wheel and rants about whatever topic it lands on. In my modified version, I would like to rant about some of the infuriating or inspiring things we’ve seen in the news in the last couple weeks.
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