July 6, 2001
More Women Teach Science in Colleges, Study Finds
University science is apparently less of a boys club than it used to be. A new study of natural-science programs at 136 colleges that concentrate on undergraduate education has concluded that more women are teaching science at the college level than ever before.
A report on the study, "Academic Excellence: The Sourcebook -- A Study of the Role of Research in the Natural Sciences at Undergraduate Institutions," said that over the last decade, about 40 percent of new, tenure-track
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