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Are single-sex bathrooms a girl’s best friend? Is it okay to use “hostesses” to sell an institution’s football program? Do mentoring and female faculty influence students? Also, U. Mass modifies its ban on face coverings. These and many other important questions and answers, this week on Inside HigherEd!
A BATHROOM OF HER OWN: A student’s suit over lack of single-sex facilities raises the question: Do college women deserve some spaces where men won’t be disrobing?
BE THEIR GUEST: Investigation into U. of Tennessee’s football recruiting practices raises questions about the continued presence of “hostesses” — female students responsible for entertaining recruits– on some campuses.
PROOF THAN MENTORING MATTERS: Study of economists — complete with control group — shows impact of coaching women on the process or getting published and winning grants.
COLLEGE REVERSES VEIL BAN: Massachusetts institution adds a religious exemption to its rule barring face-obscuring head coverings.
ROLE MODELS AND STEREOTYPES: Study both backs up and challenges conventional wisdom about whether presence of female faculty members influences female students’ choice of major.
