Women in academia are causing a stage green transition

[Raze]

Universities and academia are some of the most important institutions in the country. A large amount of culture and policies are downstream from what is popular in Academia as leading institutions hire from graduates of them.

In 1972 there was a 13% gap in men getting college degrees over women, currently there is a 15% gap in women getting college degrees over men. Academia has been shifting from male dominated to female dominated, and this is causing a stage green transition.

First, why is academia shifting to become female dominated?

1) cultural roadblocks and discrimination against women in academia have been mostly removed.

2) women seem to do better overall in the education system, see this short video explanation 

3) Stage green advocacy has pushed for more support for women and girls in education so they receive much more financial aid and scholarship money 

So why does a female dominated academia cause a shift from stage orange to stage green? Because certain stage green values are more popular among women.

https://quillette.com/2022/10/08/sex-and-the-academy/
 

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A 2017 YouGov survey of 2,300 US adults on issues related to free speech and tolerance on college campuses (weighted to be nationally representative) found that:

56 percent of men said that colleges should not protect students from offensive ideas; 64 percent of women said that they should.

When presented with a variety of controversial claims made by speakers (e.g., men are better at math, all white people are racist, police are justified at stopping African Americans at higher rates), a majority of men supported nine of the 11 speakers’ right to speak on campus, and a majority of women opposed all 11 speakers’ right to do so.

51 percent of men said colleges should not disinvite speakers if students threaten violent protest; 67 percent of women said they should.

58 percent of men opposed a confidential reporting system at colleges which students could use to report offensive comments; 54 percent of women supported it.

63 percent of men thought controversial news stories in student papers should not need administrators’ approval before publication; 51 percent of women thought they should.

65 percent of men believed that supporting the right to make an argument is not the same as endorsing it; 51 percent of women disagreed.

A 2021 survey of 3,772 academics and PhD students at universities in the United States, Britain, and Canada conducted by the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology found that:

66–76 percent of men support intellectually foundational texts above diversity quotas on reading lists; 44–66 percent of women support diversity quotas above foundational texts.

Female academics report a greater willingness than their male counterparts to support dismissal campaigns against a colleague who has conducted research that reached a controversial conclusion.

A 2018 Knight Foundation survey of 4,407 full-time college students on issues related to free expression on campuses and diversity and inclusion found that:

71 percent of men reported that protecting free speech is more important than promoting an inclusive society; 59 percent of women said promoting an inclusive society is more important than protecting free speech.

58 percent of men said it is never acceptable to shout down speakers or to try to prevent them from delivering their remarks; 58 percent of women said it was sometimes or always acceptable.

A 2022 paper by Rausch and colleagues (in press at the Journal of Open Inquiry in Behavioral Science, some details of which can be found here) in which 574 undergraduates, graduates, and PhD students were asked to allocate 100 points toward five different academic priorities, found that:

Men allocated more points toward academic freedom and advancing knowledge than women, and women allocated more points toward social justice and emotional wellbeing than men.

A 2020 paper by Geher and colleagues, in which 140 academic faculty at colleges or universities in the United States completed the same point-allocation task described above, found that:

Women allocated more points to social justice and emotional wellbeing than men, and consequently had fewer points to allocate to advancing knowledge, academic rigor, and academic freedom, although these latter three differences did not reach statistical significance.

However, this may also be causing problems.

Many now suggest academia could be dying.

Academic research has become less disruptive and more incremental overtime 

There are reports of academics becoming burnt out by the environment 

https://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/college-professor-afraid

https://archive.is/3CgXk

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/academics-are-really-really-worried-about-their-freedom/615724/

Now admissions in universities is declining, and many academics are resigning.

https://archive.is/M2Wxf

https://archive.is/DlNF3

What is your opinion? Is this a problem? What is the solution? 

 

 

Edited January 7, 2023 by Raze

[Ulax]

@Raze From what I've heard, some of the issues in academia at present are due to the demands placed on academics to constantly be pblishing. Meaning many have to prioritise volume of research over quality of research.

[Wildcattt555]

this rise in " green energy" has coincided with the downfall of the american educational system.  dropping from top 5 to outside the top 20 internationally.  but im glad women are graduating at higher numbers and we are more protected from offensive ideas. 

[Raze]

On 1/8/2023 at 6:56 PM, Wildcattt555 said:

this rise in " green energy" has coincided with the downfall of the american educational system.  dropping from top 5 to outside the top 20 internationally.  but im glad women are graduating at higher numbers and we are more protected from offensive ideas. 

I think it’s going down for other reasons, such as more competition with developing countries and some poorly thought out education methods. 
The problem with staying away from offensive ideas is that they may be correct, many beliefs we consider normal now were once strange and offensive.