May 11, 2001

Elitism, Excellence, or Both at the National Academy of Sciences?

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Critics question why so few female and minority scholars are elected

Stand in front of the white-marble facade of the National Academy of Sciences building, or see its Egyptian- and Greek-style murals in the central hall, and it becomes

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