As the craze for studying abroad continues to advance. More and more international students choose to study in the United States. Let’s take a look at the comparison of gender differences among principals of prestigious American schools. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.
A few days ago, the American Council on Education released a set of data on the 2017 American University Presidents’ Report: The average age of presidents of major colleges and universities in the United States has increased from 59.9 years in 2006 to 61.7 years today. The proportion is less than one-third of the total. Seeing this set of data, I can't help but think of the famous saying of Drew Gilpin Foster, the former president of Harvard University, "I am the president of Harvard, not the president of Harvard."
Although American universities, which promote diversity and autonomy, have always boasted of being "tolerant of all rivers" in terms of admissions, there are surprising problems in the appointment of presidents of major universities in the United States: the presidents of major universities in the United States It has always been white men, with very few female and minority principals. In 2006, women accounted for 23% of presidents. Ten years later, in 2016, 30% of presidents of American universities were women. The increase in the number of minority presidents is much lower, accounting for 13.6% in 2006 and 16.8% in 2016, an increase of only 3.2%. For example, Harvard University, the top prestigious school in the United States, has been established since 1636. Over the past 380 years, none of the successive principals has a different skin color (all are white). Drew Gilpin Faust has been rejecting the label of "Harvard's female president" since the first day she took office. Her appointment is a historic step after a long period of white men dominating management positions. She ranked 33rd among Forbes' "Most Powerful Women" in 2014. She recently announced she would resign in 2018.
A similar result has surprisingly occurred at Yale University. From its founding in October 1701 to the present, Yale has only had one female president in its 315-year history.
Yale’s female president, Hanna Holborn Gray, had a short tenure. She took office in 1977 and left the second year. You could say she was a temporary replacement. Her former president, Kingman Brewster, recommended Gray before leaving to become the U.S. ambassador, but she did not receive an offer of appointment and Yale is still looking for a suitable candidate. In 1978, Bartlett Giamatti took office, and Gray ended her short career as principal.
When you look at the two top schools above and think this is a coincidence, if you don’t believe it, take a look at the third top school in the United States: Princeton University.
In the more than 270 years since Princeton University was founded, there has been only one female president, Shirley Tilghman, who served from 2001 to 2013. After leaving office, she continued to teach molecular biology and public policy courses at Princeton University.
From the above data and cases, I believe everyone can see the interesting patterns in the appointment of presidents of American universities. It is precisely based on this pattern that girls need to have higher qualifications than boys when applying to prestigious American universities. Only with good grades can you get an olive branch. A beautiful GPA and high TOEFL and GRE scores are the magic keys for girls to get offers from ideal American universities.
Secondly, girls should choose their majors carefully when applying to prestigious American schools. Judging from the application pattern in previous years, STEM fields, that is, science, technology, engineering and mathematics, are dominated by men. Women are more inclined to apply for liberal arts majors! It is this pattern that makes those who dare to apply for and love science and engineering majors Girls are even more different!