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Is Community College the Key to Closing Tech’s Gender Gap?

Last month, Intel  announced a $5 million investment in Georgia Tech to increase the number of women and minorities studying computer science and engineering over the next five years. It's only the latest example of a big-name university's push to shrink the well-known gender and racial diversity gaps in STEM (science, [...]

October 13, 2015|Categories: Press Hits|

Is Community College the Key to Closing Tech's Gender Gap?

Last month, Intel  announced a $5 million investment in Georgia Tech to increase the number of women and minorities studying computer science and engineering over the next five years. It's only the latest example of a big-name university's push to shrink the well-known gender and racial diversity gaps in STEM (science, [...]

October 13, 2015|Categories: Press Hits|

Jennifer Lawrence: This is what men don’t think about when they negotiate their salary

Lawrence, who made about $52 million in Forbes’s most recent 12-month count and became Hollywood's most highly paid actress, acknowledges her struggle isn’t “relatable” to the average working woman. But the gender wage gap persists in virtually every occupation, ultra-prestigious and entry-level. In 2014, women working [...]

October 13, 2015|Categories: Press Hits|

Maryland paid sick-leave bill to return in 2016

I get frustrated with the political games in our state," Kipke said, "because I think it's more about the next election." The state legislation, known as Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, would have required most employers to let workers earn up to seven days in [...]

October 13, 2015|Categories: Press Hits|