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Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering (2007)
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August 28, 2016
At NIH, one woman says gender bias has blocked promotions
The Washington Post
They are paid less, promoted more slowly, earn less recognition and hold fewer leadership positions, according to the National Academy of Sciences. At NIH, there are 180 tenured women and 647 tenured men.

April 20, 2015
The Facts on Women in Science Show Why We Don’t Need the Diversity Bureaucracy
TIME
Since the 1980s, females have been interviewed and hired at a higher rate than their representation in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) applicant pool would predict, as documented by the National Research Council and other investigators.

August 14, 2014
Meet the First Woman to Win the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics"
Mother Jones
According to the National Academy of Sciences, there are no significant biological differences that could explain women's low representation in STEM academic faculty and leadership positions (although that doesn't stop prominent people from making claims otherwise.)

August 5, 2013
Experts See STEM Schools as a Way to Get More Women in Science Fields
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According to a collaborative study entitled "Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering," published in 2007 by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and other contributors...
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