Tag archive for ‘Beyond Bias & Barriers’
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New York Times on Beyond Bias
Here, the New York Times has its take on the National Academy of Sciences’ report on women in science careers (Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering). Although NYT says that the report “recommends a sweeping overhaul of our institutions”, little has changed in the four years since [...]
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Beyond Bias and Barriers
The NAS press has their study on women in science careers, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, available online for your reading pleasure. The report was released in 2006. Here’s a description: The United States economy relies on the productivity, entrepreneurship, and creativity of its people. To maintain its [...]
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Universities Urged to Improve Hiring and Advancement of Women
This old Science article sums up some of the results from the National Academy of Sciences’ report Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. Unfortunately, the report’s results are still pretty accurate four years later.