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Study Raises Questions About Why Women Are Less Likely than Men to Earn Tenure Research

Stacey Goguen5 Comments

You can read the article here. 

 

“Not only are men more likely than women to earn tenure, but in computer science and sociology, they are significantly more likely to earn tenure than are women who have the same research productivity.”

 

““It’s not that we need to make women more productive. It’s that we need to change the processes,” said Kate Weisshaar, a graduate student at Stanford University who did the study.”

5 thoughts on “Study Raises Questions About Why Women Are Less Likely than Men to Earn Tenure Research”

  3. Reblogged this on Philter and commented:
    nothing to add here, just supporting everyday experience. It is not a mystery. It simply happens, because academic philosophy is still the white boys club it always used to be.

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