Columbia University Names Nemat Shafik as President, the First Woman to Hold the Post

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Nemat “Minouche” Shafik will take the helm of Columbia University in July, becoming its first woman president. At that time, six of the eight schools in the Ivy League will be led by women.

Columbia University named economist Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, the current leader of the London School of Economics and Political Science, as its next president on Wednesday.

She will take the helm of the sprawling Ivy League institution in July, becoming the first woman to lead Columbia. At that time, six of the eight schools in the Ivy League—all but Yale University and Princeton University—will be led by women.

 

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Does Columbia University understand what has happened to LSE under Shafik’s leadership?

Is the patriarchy dead ?

Why is this news? Men and women are equal. Why don’t I see news of every man who gets a high post in some institution?

Sounds like they have a diversity problem.

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