UT Dallas Alumna Lands Buyer for Firm She Founded as MBA Student

MeLinda McCall poured more than three years of sweat equity into the software firm she helped start when she was an MBA student at UT Dallas. The hard work paid off recently when Lucent Mobile of Dallas bought the company.

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New Research Says Insurance Industry Lacks Gender Diversity

According to market research from Saint Joseph's University, gender diversity is lacking across all leadership levels within the insurance industry. Primary author Mike Angelina, executive director of Saint Joseph's Academy of Risk Management and Insurance, is hopeful his findings will call on businesses to address gender inequality, saying employing females in leadership roles will lead to a more diverse workforce and potentially better represent the underlying customer demographics.

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Women with Elite Education Opting Out of Full-Time Careers -- Study Finds Women with MBA’s Are Most Likely to Work Less

Though past studies have found little evidence that women are opting out of the workforce in general, first-of-its-kind research by Vanderbilt professor of law and economics Joni Hersch shows that female graduates of elite undergraduate universities are working much fewer hours than their counterparts from less selective institutions.

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Diversity Programs Give Illusion of Corporate Fairness

Diversity training programs lead people to believe that work environments are fair even when given evidence of hiring, promotion or salary inequities, according to new findings by psychologists at the University of Washington and other universities.

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'End of Men'? Not Even Close

UC San Diego report on gender in the professions shows that males retain lion’s share of power and prestige in post-recession economy.

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They’re Being so Catty – Examining the Label and how it Affects Perceptions

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Cornell Experts - "Lean In" a Giant Leap for New Practical Feminism

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UVA Darden School of Business Prof Melissa Thomas-Hunt, Author of Darden Case Study on Marissa Mayer, Is Available to Comment on Mayer's No-Work-at-Home Policy

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Bettyvision Launches Allowing Women to Dream Out Loud

Launching today, Bettyvision, www.bettyvision.com, is a free online vision board community providing women of all ages the tools and resources needed to identify, explore and, most important, be supported in the pursuit their dreams.

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More Female Board Directors Add Up to Improved Sustainability Performance

As a corporate responsibility consultant, Kellie McElhaney publicly criticized Apple’s recent appointment of another man to an already all-male executive team. McElhaney’s new research goes one step further, indicating that the number of women on a corporate board correlates with a firm’s sustainability performance.

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