In the first weeks of the war between Israel and Hamas, Nancy Andrews read about American college presidents under fire and something nagged at her.
Why, she wondered, did it seem like so many of those presidents were women?
The vast majority — 80 percent — were against universities led by women, even though just 30 percent of colleges and universities nationwide have female presidents.
Of the seven complaints filed in the weeks after the war began, all were seeking investigations of schools led by women.
“Four women presidents, all new in their roles, far too new to have shaped the culture on their campuses, called before Congress?
Persons:
Nancy Andrews, Andrews, Elizabeth Magill, Claudine Gay, Sally Kornbluth, Dr, “
Organizations:
Duke Medical School, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Republicans, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Locations:
Israel, Columbia