Posted By:
Rachael Bower
Posted On:
Thursday, January 15th, 2004
Even though women are being awarded more PhDs than ever in the sciences the percentage of women in tenure track positions doesn't correlate. This article in the New York Times, which reports on a study done by Donna J. Nelson, a chemistry professor at the University of Oklahoma, gives an overview of the situation for women academics -- not surprisingly the situation is even bleaker for minority women.