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2 Feb 2010 at 3:07 PM PST
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2 Feb 2010 at 3:07 PM PST
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By: Dateline UC Davis Dateline UC Davis, January 2010. "UC Davis physician researchers Amparo Villablanca and Lydia Howell have received a $1.27 million, four-year grant from the National Institutes of... |
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By: AWIS, SWE Transcripts of the then Senator Obama to questions concerning the Beyond Bias report. October 2008. |
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By: House Committee on Science and Technology Documents of the hearings to the Committee on Science and Technology on Dec. 8... |
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By: Sheldon Weinbaum, award recipient Lecture titled "Fulfilling the Dream: The Importance of Doing What You Believe and Being Taken Seriously" cites the "Beyond Bias and Barriers" report. Excerpt: "In this Inaugural... |
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By: Valéria CSÉPE Video published on YouTube that was motivated by report. Final Program for the closing day of the World Science Forum 07.11.2009. Deputy General Secretary of Hungarian Academy... |
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By: NIH Bookshelf NIH Focus on Research. Excerpt: "Considerable research has shown the barriers limiting the appointment, retention, and... |
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By: Sharon Tregaskis News story from Cornell. Excerpt: "It's been nearly five years since then-Harvard president Lawrence Summers sparked a public furor when he wondered aloud about women's... |
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Unresolved gender wars in the science lab,
15 Jan 2010 at 10:09 AM PST
By: Christina Hoff Sommers - Guest Blogger Washington Post, January 15, 2010. Excerpt: "Gender bias is the usual explanation for why few women reach the top levels of academic science. But what... |
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15 Jan 2010 at 10:08 AM PST
By: Christina Hoff Sommers - Guest Blogger |
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By: UC Davis Health System UC Davis press release, January 13, 2010. UC Davis physician researchers Amparo Villablanca and Lydia Howell have received a $1.27 million, four-year grant... |
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By: Karen Kaplan Published in Nature 462, 947 (16 December 2009). Excerpt: "Bias may not be the only reason behind women's under-representation in science, maths and engineering. It... |
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By: ASBMB Policy Blog ASBMB Policy Blotter, December 17, 2009. Excerpt: "In Beyond Bias and Barriers, the members of the National Academies of Science find that “Systematic... |
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By: John W. Moore, Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison Editorial in the Journal of Chemical Education, 2007. "Fundamental changes in the culture and opportunities at America’s research universities are urgently needed. The United States should... |
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By: Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., NIH Director Issued by the National Institute of Health, September 19, 2006 in press release. Elias... |
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20 Dec 2009 at 10:18 AM PST
By: Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., NIH Director |
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By: ASBMB, American Society for Biochem & Molecular Bio ASBMB Policy Blotter, December 4, 2009. Excerpt: "Several nonprofits, blogs and federal agencies recently have released publications about women in science. These... |
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By: American Geophysical Union American Geophysical Union's Reference to report with supplementary papers. Excerpt: "Academia has clearly come a long way since the 1960s when women PhD students were... |
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By: Jessica Hanzlik Interesting blog that relates to the Beyond Bias and Barriers report. Excerpt: "The National Academy of Science's report "Beyond Bias and Barriers" tells me that, as a woman, I am less likely to earn tenure than my male counterpart. Should I earn... |
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By: Elisabeth D. Martinez, et al. EMBO reports 8, 11, 977–981 (2007). Excerpt: "Women constitute approximately 45% of the postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical sciences at universities and research institutions in... |
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By: Jessica Militare, fsunews News article from FSUnews.com, November 3, 2009. Excerpt: Although women have significantly increased their representation within the research aspect of science... |
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By: Taralyn Tan Blog in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, December 2, 2009. Excerpt: "It is well known that a career in academia presents a wide range of obstacles to those aspiring to tenured... |
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By: Alice Agogino Thus Spake Zuska blog on Darwin's misogony. Excerpt: "Go ahead and light the incense and shake the censor in the direction of Darwin's altar, if you... |
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By: Why Boy's Fail Blog by Richard Whitmire Response to Stuart Taylor's editorial in the Why Boy's Fail blog. Excerpt: "As for the alarm raised by Sommers and Taylor, it’s... |
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By: National Journal Magazine Editorial by Stuart Taylor, October 24, 2009 in the National Journal Magazine. Excerpt: "If disparity proves discrimination, what about the small percentages of males in... |
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By: National Institute of Health NIH Press release, October 9, 2009.The National Institutes of Health announced today that it will fund 14 grants focusing on factors that influence the careers of women in biomedical... |
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By: Kenna Comments posted on Higher Education review of the report: "I originally posted this on Nature's "the greay beyond blog" where D. C. wrote a post on how women are... |
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By: Faculty Person Comments posted on Higher Education review of the report: "Ah, yes, more concern about the women who fail to make it to tenure. What about the fact that the profession as a... |
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By: Jeff Frelinger , Professor/Microbiology&Immunology, NCSU Comments posted on Higher Education review of the report: "It is disappointing that the pipeline loss occurs at exactly the same place as it did 15 years ago- into the... |
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By: George Patsourakos , Retired Administrator at Harvard Universi Comments posted on Higher Education review of the report: "I believe that most women who hold advanced degrees in the sciences prefer to work for the federal government or... |
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By: christopher miller Comments posted on Higher Education review of the report: "Ah, yes, more concern about the women who fail to make it to tenure. What about the fact that the profession as a... |
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By: ACF Comments posted on Higher Education review of the report: "According to the data in the article, women are "overrepresented" in the number of offers made in Physics by about... |
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Maybe Women are Too Smart for Science,
12 Jun 2009 at 10:19 AM PDT
By: Cranky Ol' Prof Comments posted on Higher Education review of the report: "One MIT engineer says that one important alternative is left out of these discussions: Women are too smart to go... |
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By: Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Education June 2, 2009 article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. Excerpt: "While women are underrepresented on the science faculties of research universities, they are more... |
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Academic Hiring Of Women,
12 Jun 2009 at 9:30 AM PDT
By: Lab Manager Magazine Excerpt: "Study finds no discrimination, but women have to apply A new report from the National Academies contradicts an earlier one from that organization on whether women in academe face discrimination in hiring, promotion, and access to... |
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Academic Science Careers Bad for Women?,
12 Jun 2009 at 9:28 AM PDT
By: Michael White Adaptive Complexity Blog of June 10, 2009. Excerpt: "So why are women dropping out of academic science careers? There could be more to it, but... |
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Baseless Bias and the New Second Sex,
12 Jun 2009 at 9:22 AM PDT
By: Christina Hoff Sommers Comment on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Excerpt: "Claims of bias against women in academic science have been... |
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By: Laura Bonetta AAAS Science Careers article, April 24, 2009. Excerpt: "Broadly, most women hold instructor and assistant professor positions... |
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By: Ryan Mathre Workshop at University of Minnesota motivated by report. More women are graduating with advanced degrees in math. In 2007-08, 31 percent of the new doctorates at U.S... |
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By: News at Princeton News at Princeton. "Nancy Hopkins, a developmental biologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-author of a gender bias study that... |
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Legislation based on Beyond Bias and Barriers report,
21 Mar 2009 at 1:17 PM PDT
By: FairerScience.org FairerScience Comments on "Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act". FairerScience blog, March 18, 2009. Grump grump grump. Excerpt: "While I'm delighted... |
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21 Mar 2009 at 1:15 PM PDT
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21 Mar 2009 at 1:14 PM PDT
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By: Thus Spake Zuska Thus Spake Zuska blog, March 21, 2009. Excerpt: "Meanwhile, one of my readers recently... |
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By: Heidi Ledford Nature 458, p. 374. Excerpt: "Congresswoman seeks legislation to provide grant extensions for federally funded scientists who need extended family leave. Many... |
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By: Cornell University Press release from Cornell University, March 13, 2009. Women tend to choose non-math-intensive fields for their careers -- not because they lack mathematical ability, but because they want... |
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By: Cornell University Press release from Cornell University, March 13, 2009. Women tend to choose non-math-intensive fields for their careers -- not because they lack mathematical ability, but because they want... |
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By: Phoebe Silag Press release, Feb. 25, 2009. Excerpt: "Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that she has introduced H.R. 1144, the Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act, which she also introduced in the 110th... |
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26 Feb 2009 at 8:52 PM PST
By: Phoebe Silag |
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By: Wendy Robbins, University of New Brunswick Beyond Bias and Barriers report cited in recent book and book review. |
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By: Open Learning Women in Science blog, February 3, 2009. The blog cites the "Beyond Bias and Barriers" report, among others. "Women have contributed to science from its earliest days, but as contributors they have... |
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By: AAUW AAUW recommendations: "Enact Recommendations from “Beyond Bias and Barriers”: The National Academies’ report, Beyond Bias and Barriers, found that women face a lifetime of subtle biases that discourage them from STEM careers. To overcome these... |
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By: Women in Science, NIH < href=http://womeninscience.nih.gov/listserv/volume1issue6.asp#Seven> From NIH Updates on Women in Science. "At Stanford University, the Provost's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women Faculty prepared a report with recommendations to... |
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By: Women in Science, NIH From NIH Updates on Women in Science. "The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is one university that responded to national concerns about gender equity in academia... |
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By: Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives Hearing of the House of Representatives :: 5/8/2008 :: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008, Excerpt: "Thank you, Mr... |
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By: What SIS Faculty are Reading Blog, Nov. 22, 2008. Excerpt: "The NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16digi.html) reported this week on the noted decline of woman in computer... |
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By: University of Miami News from the University of Miami School of Medicine, 12-2-2008. "The challenges of balancing a medical career with raising three young children could have caused Holly Neville, M.D., to... |
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By: Andrew Lawler Article in Science Magazine, Dec. 22, 2008."U.S. universities foster “a culture that fundamentally discriminates against women,” says a new report by the National Academies... |
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By: Far Eastern University Communication Journal, Vol 3 (2007) "This interview article focuses on the teaching philosophies of a highly respected speech educator and trainer in the Philippines - Prof. Isabel S. Soriano. She emphasizes "humane interaction" where the skill and the art of speech must be shared with... |
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By: Kolbe Franklin Post from the National Women's Law Center, December 5, 2008. Excert: "Perhaps, instead of perpetuating antiquated stereotypes, we... |
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By: Tommy Christopher Tongue in cheek title post by Tommy Christopher. Excerpt: "In Marcus' defense, she only says Summers "probably had a... |
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7 Dec 2008 at 11:39 AM PST
By: Tommy Christopher |
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By: Nancy Hopkins Blog by Nancy Hopkins, December 7, 2008 in the New Agenda. Excerpt: "Last week... |
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By: Ruth Marcus Editorial by Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, December 3, 2008. Excerpt: "Was Larry Summers right about women and science, after all? As the mother of... |
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7 Dec 2008 at 9:47 AM PST
By: Nancy Hopkins |
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By: Sciencewomen October 17, 2008 blog from Sciencewomen Did you know the Association for Women in Science and the Society for Women Engineers asked both presidential... |
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By: FairerScience.org FairerScience blog of October 15, 2008. "Anyway, those wonderful folks at AWIS and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) asked the Obama and McCain campaigns to answer 7 questions on issues facing... |
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By: New Jersey Institute of Technology Blog from the Murray Women's Center Graduate Women. |
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By: Stephanie Majewski Blog from CERN, Oct. 16, 2008. "So, since I'm a chick, and a physicist, the whole "women in science" issue is important to me. Basically, I think we... |
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By: Association for Women in Science Earlier this summer, |
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By: sciencegeekgirl Website on advice for girls, October 6, 2008. Excerpt: "Was I wrong? There IS bias. Interestingly, the very day that I wrote this to her, I... |
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Foolishly Seeking Gender Equity in Math and Science,
22 Sep 2008 at 9:01 AM PDT
By: Sommers, Christina Hoff Blog posted September 21, 2008 in RedOrbit on recent Title IX hearings concerning discrimination and unequal treatment in STEM disciplines... |
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By: Todd Finkelmeyer News article dated September 3, 2008. Excerpt: "Over the past couple years, government agencies such as the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation and NASA have started undertaking Title IX compliance reviews in university... |
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By: PZ Myers, University of Minnesota, Morris Pharyngula blog, August 6, 2008. Excerpt: "Peter Wood has an interesting commentary in the... |
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Even the National Science Foundation Couldn't Care Less About Real Science,
6 Aug 2008 at 9:38 AM PDT
By: al fin, North America, Afghanistan Blog dated Aug. 5, 2008. "The science "problems" we now ask students to think about aren't really science problems at all. Instead we have the National... |
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By: SWE Daily News Excerpt: "The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) honored Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) with its first SWE President’s Award at a reception held on Capitol... |
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By: Quomodocumque, Math Professor, U Wisconsin July 16, 2008 blog and comments. Excerpt: "John Tierney writes in yesterday’s New York Times — correctly, I think — that... |
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By: NiceBooks.wordpress.com Posted as recommended reading on July 16, 2008 in nicebooks.wordpress.com. "Beyond Bias and... |
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By: Science Progress Blog July 2008. Excerpt: "Last year, a National Academies report argued that in order to maintain leadership status in science and engineering fields, the United... |
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By: Female Science Professor Response to New York Times editorial by John Tierney, July 14, 2008. Excerpt: "Those who are visiting this blog via links in the online comments... |
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Male Bias or Female Choice?,
25 Jul 2008 at 6:00 AM PDT
By: John Tierney New York Times blog by John Tierney, July 14, 2008. "This week I want to discuss a volatile topic: the relatively low numbers of women in some fields of science... |
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By: NIH News NIH News, July 14, 2008. "For every bright mind that doesn't reach her or his full potential, biomedical research loses a new idea, a new approach, or a new perspective. In an effort... |
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NIH Helps Advance Women in Biomedical Research Careers,
25 Jul 2008 at 5:56 AM PDT
By: NIH News |
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By: John Daly, Rockville, Maryland Blog comment dated July 23, 2008. "Beyond Bias and Barriers explains that eliminating gender bias in academia requires immediate overarching reform... |
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By: Corydon Ireland News article from the Harvard University Gazette Online, June 12, 2008. Excerpt: "Now president of the University of Miami, Shalala was at Harvard last week (June 6) to... |
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By: Jennifer Corke, Radcliffe Communications "The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has announced that Donna E. Shalala, president of the University of Miami and former U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, will be awarded the 2008 Radcliffe Institute Medal at the annual Radcliffe... |
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By: æˆ‘æ”¾å‡ å¼ åœ¨è¥¿é›…å›¾ç…§çš„å¾ˆçƒ‚çš„ç…§ç‰‡ å¤§å®¶è½»ç‚¹æ‹ åœ¨å…³äºŽTenure网站上看到的一段è¯. "The United States economy relies on the productivity, entrepreneurship, and creativity of its people. To maintain its... |
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By: Lara Kaufmann, Senior Advisor May 8, 2008 blog: "Ever wonder what Congress is up to while most of the country (or the media, at least) is focused on the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination?... |
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By: krystle williams Symmetry commentary 2008. Excerpt: "What will the physics community look like 10 years from now? What should it look like? With the adoption of the theme “Future Faces of Physics,” these... |
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Misandry Away - Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?,
15 Mar 2008 at 1:57 PM PDT
By: GR Klein blog aims to remove the filthy scum that is misandry from our society. Dated March 13, 2008. Excerpt: "The first witness was Donna Shalala, president of the... |
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By: Jenn at Fairer Science Fairer Science Posting on Charlotte Allen's article. Excerpt: "The Washington Post piece by Charlotte Allen is... |
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By: Women in Science Posting March 8, 2008 from Women in Science. Excerpt: "If you read one or more liberal blogs (or subscribe to the Washington Post), you will be familiar... |
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Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?,
9 Mar 2008 at 1:57 PM PDT
By: Christina Hoff Sommers, The American Enterprise Institute Concluding paragraphs from a March/ April 2008 article in The American. "Few academic scientists know anything about the equity... |
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Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?,
9 Mar 2008 at 1:55 PM PDT
By: Christina Hoff Sommers, The American Enterprise Institute Women earn most of America’s Ph.D.’s but lag in the physical sciences. Beware of plans to fix the ‘problem.’ Article on the Title IX hearsing on women in science and engineering. Excerpt: "The first witness was Donna Shalala, president of... |
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By: Elizabeth De Stasio Comments posted for The Scientist article. "I've heard women at research I institutions complain that while their institution MAY have family leave policies, their grants do not. No... |
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By: Anonymous Comments posted for The Scientist article. Excerpt: "A system of unprovoked audits, like the IRS does with taxes, instituted to root out intellectual theft, improper attribution of... |
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By: Anonymous Comments posted for The Scientist article. "The article notes that more women are invited to give seminars when women serve on search committees. It's been my experience that in... |
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By: Sami Sozuer Comments posted for The Scientist article. "It's not just women who are ripped off of credit. As a foreign national who was funded through TA/RA stipends to get his PhD in physics... |
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By: Anonymous Comments posted for The Scientist article. "Not all women scientists are sqeaky clean, in my experience (as a women scientist) I know of both men and women scientists who I would... |
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By: Anonymous Comments posted for The Scientist article. "Since white women make up the overwhelming majority of women in science, in the U.S., this article implicitly cites the problem of under... |
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By: Anonymous Comments posted for The Scientist article. "I have served on grant proposal review committees for several agencies. On separate occasions during proposal discussions I have had the... |
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By: Anonymous Comments posted for The Scientist article. "The facts indicate that female scientists do not get funded the same as male scientists. Those effects filter down to their students so... |
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Fixing the Leaky Pipeline - Why aren't there many women in the top spots in academia?,
14 Jan 2008 at 4:45 PM PST
By: Phoebe Leboy, The Scientist Article in Vol. 22, issue 1 of The Scientist, 2008. It begins: "Back in 2006, I took a quick survey of the basic science departments in medical schools to see how women were doing... |
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Fixing the Leaky Pipeline - Why aren't there many women in the top spots in academia?,
14 Jan 2008 at 4:45 PM PST
By: Phoebe Leboy, The Scientist Article in Vol. 22, issue 1 of The Scientist, 2008. It begins: "Back in 2006, I took a quick survey of the basic science departments in medical schools to see how women were doing... |
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By: Edyta Zielinska Blog that begins: "MIT will grant tenure to just one woman this year, a professor in economics, compared to 24 men, reports the Boston Globe today (Dec 6). Last year, five women were granted tenure compared with 19 men. The school's president... |
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By: Medical News blog Medical News blog, November 19, 2007 begins: "As the U.S. continues to fall behind countries such as China and India in... |
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By: United Press International United Press International, November 16, 2007. It begins: "An editorial in a major scientific journal says female scientists are being... |
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By: The Hindu It begins: "New Rochelle Nov.: As the U.S. continues to fall behind countries such as China and India in producing high-level scientists, one immediate and obvious solution would be to take advantage of the many women who have obtained doctoral... |
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By: Science Codex Science Codex, November 16, 2007. Excerpt: "As the U.S. continues to fall behind countries such as China and India in producing high-level... |
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By: Alice M. Agogino, EP Editor Engineering Education Blog for Nov. 15, 2007 based on Yale's 1968 plan to go coeduational. Excerpt... |
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By: Alice M. Agogino, EP Editor Engineering Education blog, November 11, 2007. Excerpt: "Today, women make up over 50% of the medical school students and women students are reaching parity in bioengineering and... |
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By: Tracee Sioux, Femimother So Sioux Me Blog on "Gender Bias in Science. Exerpts: "My intention is to inspire women and help them to empower their daughters. I welcome comments to generate a... |
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By: American Association of University Women - AAUW AAUW "Two-Minute Activist". "A recent National Academies report, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, found that... |
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By: Nancy in STEM, Public Policy AAUW alert, posted Nov. 7, 2007. "A recent National Academies report, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic... |
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By: AMBREEN ALI, Courier/Medill News Service Nov. 5, 2007 Courier/ Medill News Service. The article begins: "It is still a man's world --- at least among science and engineering... |
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Academic Inqisitors,
2 Nov 2007 at 8:56 PM PDT
By: Christina Hoff Sommers "Are women victims of a widespread bias in science and engineering, as a 2006 report of the National Academy of Sciences concluded? Or are there alternative explanations for the paucity of women in various quantitative fields? What, if anything, is... |
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Bias, Preferences, or Biology? Science and Sex Differences,
2 Nov 2007 at 3:05 PM PDT
By: American Enterprise Institute Newsletter from the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy, November 1, 2007. The article begins: "In math and science, there are disproportionately more... |
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By: Inside Higher Education Article from Inside Higher Education, Oct. 18, 2007: It begins: During a Congressional hearing focused on the... |
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From Summers to Sommers,
2 Oct 2007 at 7:21 PM PDT
By: Inside Higher Ed Article published in Inside Higer Ed, Oct. 2, 2007. Excerpt: "Organizers made several references to a 2006 National Academy of Sciences report, Beyond Bias and Barriers:... |
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Summers Deserved a Public Forum, Not a Private One,
30 Sep 2007 at 3:58 PM PDT
By: John Sims Commment in the Harvard Crimson, September 28, 2007. "The editorial alleges that this episode demonstrates that “the University of California has ceased to value academic freedom.” This view is apparently based on the notion that the planned Summers... |
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30 Sep 2007 at 9:43 AM PDT
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29 Sep 2007 at 8:52 AM PDT
By: Lucas Mearian, Computerworld IDG News Service |
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29 Sep 2007 at 8:51 AM PDT
By: Lucas Mearian, Computerworld IDG News Service |
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Summers’ Words Still Sting,
27 Sep 2007 at 10:44 AM PDT
By: Claire Guehenno and Lawurence Holland Article from the Harvard Crimson, September 17, 2007. It begins: "Under pressure from a group of female professors concerned about gender and racial prejudice, the University of California has rescinded a speaking invitation to former Harvard... |
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UC regents rescind invitation to former Harvard president,
27 Sep 2007 at 10:41 AM PDT
By: Associated Press Article from the San Francisco Chronicle, September 15, 2007. "University of California regents rescinded a speaking invitation to former Harvard... |
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Squashing Summers - The protest against former President Summers is a disgrace to academia,
27 Sep 2007 at 10:26 AM PDT
By: Staff, Harvard Crimson News article in the Harvard Crimson, Thursday, September 20, 2007. It begins: "Former President of Harvard Lawrence H. Summers was set to speak in California this week at a dinner... |
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By: InfoWorld Article also posted on the in Info World. |
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By: InfoWorld Article also posted on the in Info World. |
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By: Lucas Mearian Corporate advancement is often blocked by a lack of access to important business networks. Article in Computer World... |
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By: Jo Handelsman and Robert Birgeneau A few significant changes in the academic system coud stem the loss of talented women, thereby fortifying our scientific leadership. Article in Technology Review, Sep., 25, 2007 that... |
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By: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Event to be held, Oct. 1, 2007 sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute. Are women victims of a widespread bias in science and engineering, as a... |
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Women and Science - American Enterprise Institute,
7 Sep 2007 at 6:49 PM PDT
By: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research |
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By: Vanessa Marsh, Tendencias Sociales Translated: The stereotypes affect the academic yield of the women. They render less until a 10% in the studies... |
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By: Mary Dee Wenniger, Editor and Publisher Women in the News. "She opened doors and stood in them to let others through. She mentored young scholars and students. She pushed the institutions she inhabited to be better than... |
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By: Anita Weier, The Capital Times News article about celebration of Denice Denton's legacy at U Wisconsin, 7-31-2007. Excerpt: "Shalala, who had interceded for Denton when she was locked out of a laboratory at the UW, had chosen Denton to be a member of the National Academy of... |
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By: Law Librarian Blog From the Law Librarian Blog: "A report from the National Academies, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and... |
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By: Paleo Blog taking about Karen De Coster's Blog Interesting vote of support from an unlikely group. The Paleo Blog. |
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By: The Paleo Blog Interesting vote of support from |
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By: Sarah Morocco From the National Academies" Science in the Headlines", June 15, 2007. The press release begines: "A recent study shows that women exposed to academic stereotyping demonstrate poorer scholastic performance than women who are not exposed to such... |
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By: Peggy Kolm From Women in Science Blog, June 21, 2007. "The National Academies recently posted an article about the effect of stereotypes on the performance of... |
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By: John W. Moore, Journal of Chemical Eduation Editorial by John W. Moore in Journal of Chemical Education. Closing paragraph: "The subtle effects on performance described in the preceding paragraph argue for... |
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By: Sarah Morocco Article from the National Academies' "The Science Behind Today's News", June 15, 2007. Review of a study that cites Beyond Bias and Barriers report. The press release begins: ... |
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The Playing Field Will Never Be Equal: Gender Equity For Physicists,
17 Jun 2007 at 10:17 AM PDT
By: Thus Spake Zuska Thus Spake Zuska Blog in reference to N.B.: Nature Physics (3, 363; 2007) has an editorial on a recent American Physical Society workshop, Gender... |
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By: Nature Physics Editorial Editorial from Nature Physics 3, 363 (2007) titled "Take the lead - It's an old issue — how do we tackle the under-representation of women at all career levels in physics... |
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By: American Physical Society This workshop brought together chairs of 50 major research-oriented academic physics departments as well as 20 to 25 physics-related division directors of major national laboratories. |
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By: James Riordon, James Riordon The Beyond Bias and Barriers report was used as the kick-off to this workshop of the American Physical Society. See Press Release titled "Top University Chairs and National Lab... |
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By: Maria Uriarte, Holly Ewing, Valerie Eviner, Kathleen Weathers Excerpt from BioScience Article: pp. 71–78. "A scientific culture that welcomes a diversity of participants and addresses a broad range of questions is... |
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By: Jennifer Skene Exceprt from Berkeley Science Review. Studies find continued disparity in tenure rates between men and women with families. |
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Letters to the Editor to Science,
26 May 2007 at 2:36 PM PDT
By: AAAS, Science From Science 27 October 2006: Vol. 314. no. 5799, pp. 592 - 593 DOI: 10.1126/science.314.5799.592c. Letters from: "On the Lack of Women in Academic Science" Eugenie... |
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Eye on Washington: National Academy Calls for Effort to Broaden Presence of Women in Science,
26 May 2007 at 2:30 PM PDT
By: Oncology Times From Oncology Times:Volume 29(4)25 February 2007, p 39-41. "The National Academy of Sciences has published a report describing the many barriers that women face in being hired and promoted in science and engineering. This situation... |
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Gender Similarities in Mathematics and Science,
26 May 2007 at 2:23 PM PDT
By: Janet Shibley Hyde and Marcia C. Linn From Science 27 October 2006: Vol. 314. no. 5799, pp. 599 - 600. "Boys and girls have similar psychological traits and cognitive abilities; thus, a focus on factors... |
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Academia Told to Make Room for Women,
26 May 2007 at 2:20 PM PDT
By: Andrew Lawler, Science Now Daily News Science Now Daily Newscites criticism that the report did not go far enough. "Still, chemist and activist Debra Rolison of the Naval Research Laboratory, criticized the... |
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By: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies Press release from the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. "The Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, part of the National Academies’ Policy and... |
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By: MARGARET MANN AND JESSICA WOLFF, Heller Ehrman LLP News article in the San Diego Source, April 17, 2007. Excerpt: "Understandably, challenging careers tend to be more demanding and time-consuming than others, namely those in... |
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By: Amber Cleveland News Release, March 27, 2007. references report as motivator for project. "National experts gather to discuss women’s advancement in academy’s senior ranks.Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced... |
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By: Jeffrey Thomas, USINFO Staff Writer News article from Current Isues USInfo.state.gov, 16 March 2007. Excerpts: "Washington –- Globalization is expanding... |
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By: Hsien Hsien Lei "he second issue of Scientiae, a carnival dedicated to women in science, is up and raring to go at post doc ergo propter doc. And in case you think that women scientists and engineers in academia have already achieved equality, here are some findings... |
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Gender Schemas and Unequal Pay,
11 Mar 2007 at 1:35 PM PDT
By: Thus Spake Zuska Blog aka Suzanne E Franks Blog posted on February 12, 2007. "This post deals with the readings by Silverman and by Wenneras & Wold, as well as the NSF report "Beyond Bias and... |
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By: Journal of Chemical Education Achieving Chemistry's Full Potential Editorial (pdf format) from: Vol. 84 No. 2 February 2007 Journal of Chemical Education. It... |
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By: Mike May Career Development Article in AAAS Science in response to report. It begins: "When it comes to women in science these days, their success shows just how much they have accomplished. Nonetheless, more work remains to put men and women on equal ground... |
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By: Sylviose Dossous, Series Contact Dr. Lotte Bailyn, Professor of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology speaks about the report at Harvard on March 8. The talk is part of Harvard's Women, Science and Society Seminar... |
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By: Sylviose Dossous, Series Contact Dr. Lotte Bailyn, Professor of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology speaks about the report at Harvard on March 8. The talk is part of Harvard's Women, Science and Society Seminar Series. |
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Mentoring promotes diversity in sciences, engineering,
5 Mar 2007 at 10:17 AM PST
By: Jeffrey Thomas, in Gulf Times, Doha, Qatar "Young scientists and engineers can get assistance with career development through an online mentoring programme that aims to promote diversity by offering advice and support to traditionally underrepresented groups, particularly women.MentorNet is a... |
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Coments from The Daily Collegian,
1 Mar 2007 at 10:34 PM PST
By: Samantha Van Vynck The Daily Collegian, March 1, 2007 begins: "Higher education teaching opportunities available to women are considerably lower than opportunities for men... |
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By: She's such a geek! I?m declaring 2007 the year of women in science. In the wake of Larry Summers? ass-minded comments at Harvard two years ago, several academic institutions have put the spotlight on women in science and engineering. We?ve started to see the results of... |
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By: Ralph J. Cicerone, Wm. A. Wulf, Harvey V. Fineberg "Re 'Academy of P.C. Sciences' (column, Sept. 26): John Tierney's critique of 'Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering' did not include the most important point in this report from a... |
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By: Alice Agogino, editor NEEDS and Engineering Pathway As there are several comments that reference John Tierney's letter, I thought it would be useful to include a link to it. The letter is in the NYT's... |
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By: Martha Pollack About a previous opinion piece by John Tierney, a New York Times columnist who has written extensively about science and technology, including a recent article contesting... |
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By: FemaleScienceProfessor Blog See full blog on report and New York Times' Tierney article. Blog begins: "Women professors in the physical sciences: a few. Women professors in the physical... |
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By: Jim Chen, Dean of the School of Law, Louisville "The report comes a year too early for the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, but the sense of societal urgency should be commensurate to that moment of crisis in American history." See the |
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By: Norka Ruiz Bravo Women in Biomedical Research, NIH Experience Mirrors that of National Academy of Sciences Report "The National Academy of Sciences recently released the report, Beyond Bias and... |
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By: Leigh A. Neithardt, AAUP AAUP, Academe Online, Jan/Feb 2007. "The report?s authors acknowledge that there are no ?easy fixes? to these ?substantial and systemic? problems, but they urge the... |
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By: Jessica Hanzlik . Excerpt: "Take a look at your friends, gentlemen... |
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By: Donna J. Dean, Ph.D., President AWIS MindFull: Blogging at the ethical intersection of science, tehnology and policy. blog subject titled: Who Says, "Girls Can't Do Science and Math"? The blog begins: "Welcome to Wonk Wednesday!... |
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By: Donna J. Dean, Ph.D., President AWIS MindFull: Blogging at the ethical intersection of science, tehnology and policy. blog subject titled: Who Says, "Girls Can't Do Science and Math"? The blog begins: "Welcome to Wonk Wednesday!... |
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By: John G. Falcioni, Editor-in-Chief Editorial in Mechanical Engineering magazine of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2006. The editorial begins: "here was a time some years ago when... |
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By: see jane compute Blog on Oct. 3, 2006 from "see jane compute". The blog begins: " News flash: Gender bias is alive and well. I wish I could blog about what... |
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By: Megan McLaughlin, genetics student, UBC SEX AND SMARTS: UNDER-REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AMONG SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FACULTY, The Science Creative Quarterly Issue two, Sept-Nov 2006. The article begins: "I am in the process of becoming a... |
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By: Anna Bogdanowicz, IEEE Global Publication Article in The Institute (IEEE Global Publication) on November 6, 2006. . The article begins: " Making use of technology is one of the most important ways for developing... |
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The Touchy-Feely Laboratory: The Latest Angst About Women in Science,
3 Feb 2007 at 12:06 PM PST
By: Christine Rosen, senior editor of The New Atlantis Fall 2006 article in The New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology and Society. The article begins: "Every so often, a new report appears detailing the supposedly woeful... |
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By: Donald Lehr, The Nolan/Lehr Group Bias Against Women In Engineering And Science? It?s Not News To Professionals Working Against It Every Day. Published on September 27, 2006. The article begins: 'When the... |
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By: American Physical Society (APS) Article in APS News online, November 2006 issue. "Women in physics are still hindered in their career advancement by bias and outmoded institutional structures. A National... |
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By: American Council on Education (ACE) ACE BUZZ news article, Sept. 19, 2006. "Women faculty members at research universities are confronted with barriers in hiring and... |
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By: American Institute of Physics American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News (2006). There were 3 articles on the report. #118 October 5, 2006 highlighted the breadth of the report and FYI |
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By: Robert E. Gropp, Director AIBS Public Policy Office Editorial by the Director of the Public Policy Office of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). Published in November 2006. It begins: "Over the past... |
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The Shalala Report on Women in Science and Engineering,
3 Feb 2007 at 11:14 AM PST
By: Richard Postner From the < href=http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2006/10/the_shalala_rep.html> Becker-Posner Blog, posted Oct. 2, 2006. Selected paragraph: "The study will, one hopes, be carefully dissected by experts, but I will be surprised if it... |
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By: Beth Huetter, SPIE Staff Editor From SPIE Professional January 2007. " The report found that "women are very likely to face discrimination in all fields of science and engineering," and that minority women are "almost nonexistent... |
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Beyond Bias and Barriers, a critical review - Michigan Conservative Blog,
3 Feb 2007 at 10:35 AM PST
By: George Gordon Roberts, Physiology, Wayne State University "Disclaimer, nothing that I write here is intended in any way to suggest that women are anything less than equal in dignity to men. I merely suggest that it is high time to include ideas for the advancement of women which fall outside the feminist... |
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By: Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director of the National Institutes of Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health, Endorses National Academy of Sciences Report: Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Dream of Women in Academic Science... |
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By: Maxine Singer Editorial, Science 10 Nobember 2006: vol. 314, no. 5801, p. 893. The editorial begins: "Earlier this year, the U.S. National Academies published the gathering storm, * a... |
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By: Ana Mari Cauce, executive vice provost/professor, U Washington "Inside and outside of the higher-education community, the debate has raged: Why aren't there more women in science and engineering? This should matter to us because, unless we tap the talents of all our citizens, it will be difficult for our... |
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Althouse on John Tierney's reponse to report,
3 Feb 2007 at 10:03 AM PST
By: Ann Althouse, Madison Wisconsin ALTHOUSE Blog, September 26, 2006. 'John Tierney is shocked -- TimesSelect link -- by how "cynical" it was for the National Academy of Sciences to publish... |
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By: Tabitha M. Powledge, AAAS, ScienceCareers.org Article in AAAS ScienceCareers.org, 13 October 2006. The article begins: "Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the... |
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By: Maria Zuber, M.I.T. The report was discussed by Maria Zuber on NPR Talk of the Nation on September 22, 2006. Maria Zuber, member, National Academies' Committee on Maximizing the Potential of... |
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University of Texas - Austin Presentation and Discussion Report,
3 Feb 2007 at 9:10 AM PST
By: Alice Agogino, University of California at Berkeley I was honored to give a presentation at a campus-wide forum on the "Beyond Bias and Barriers" report at the University of Texas at Austin on January 25, 2007. I was encouraged by the honesty of the discussion and the commitment of the administration... |
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By: Jim Lehrer Hour Shalala also spoke on the Jim Lehrer Hour on September 19. A full transcription of the interview is provided at their website. The intro begins with: "Report... |
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By: Laurel Haak, National Research Council List of press reports, television and radio news coverage on the report. |
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Study finds U.S. bias against women in science,
27 Jan 2007 at 8:25 AM PST
By: Reuters Press "Women are being filtered out of high-level science, math and engineering jobs in the United States, and there is no good reason for it, according to a National Academies report released on Monday. A committee of experts looked at all the possible... |
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By: Cornelia Dean, The New York Times "American women in science and engineering are hindered not by lack of ability but by bias and "outmoded institutional structures" in academia, an expert panel said in a report Monday. The panel, convened by the National Academy of Sciences, said... |
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U.S. women burdened by bias, not inability, in the sciences,
27 Jan 2007 at 8:17 AM PST
By: Cornelia Dean, The New York Times |
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By: American Council on Education Women faculty members at research universities are confronted with barriers in hiring and promotion in many fields of science and engineering, according to a new report issued Monday by the National Academies. Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling... |
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Women Scientists Face Bias,
27 Jan 2007 at 8:04 AM PST
By: CBS News "Study Says Steps Needed To Level Playing Field At Colleges, Universities. Gender bias, not any biological difference between the sexes, stifles the careers of female scientists at the nation's universities, says a new report that calls for wide... |
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By: KATHLEEN POND, Harvard Crimson "When Lawrence H. Summers speculated in January 2005 that 'issues of intrinsic aptitude' contributed to the lack of women in science and engineering, he added, 'I would like nothing better than to be proved wrong.' Now, according to a National... |
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Women not getting a fair shake at research universities,
27 Jan 2007 at 7:54 AM PST
By: Network World "Study finds science and engineering faculty opportunities lacking despite more women being in tech workforce. The United States is hurting its competitiveness in science and technology because of obstacles depriving women of jobs and promotions at... |
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Gender Still Hinders Women Scientists,
27 Jan 2007 at 7:39 AM PST
By: FOXNews.com Gender bias _ not any biological difference between the sexes _ stifles the careers of female scientists at the nation's universities, says a new report that calls for wide-ranging steps to level the playing field. The study is the latest since... |
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By: The Scientist "Inter-institution cooperation is needed to improve the climate for women in academic science, the report states. Higher education organizations should look into creating an inter-institution monitoring organization to help eliminate gender bias... |
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By: New York Times Women in science and engineering are hindered not by lack of ability but by bias and 'outmoded institutional structures' in academia, an expert panel... |
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By: Donna Shalala Interview Donna Shalala and the report were covered by NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Shalala also spoke on the |
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By: Alice M. Agogino Trustees, university presidents, and provosts should provide clear leadership in changing the culture and structure of their institutions to recruit, retain, and promote more women -- including minority women -- into faculty and leadership positions... |
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By: Alice Agogino For more info, view the National Academies Press Release. The study was sponsored by the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of... |
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