this is scientific american's sixty second sciense. I am Steve Mersky. This will just take a minute.
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# ]) K) ~2 Y. _# h% wWomen scientists at research universitiy still face barriers in hiring and promotion and the US has been deprived of an important sourse of scientific talent.
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Those are the findings of a report titled "beyond bias and barriers for filling the protential of women in acdamic sciense and engeneering.
. z: K: U3 d/ t+ U* v# O) @the report was issued this week by the national acadamy of sciense and associated institutions.
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# r* ^) c9 K4 ^! O$ ~6 qYale biophysics and biochemistry professor John stave served on the commette that worked the report,
) \: I9 ~# X' Q, b' U8 d c2 {- M"it's not a word predrudise that ravled the accumulation of a lot of little thing that head up to disgredge women"
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* ~6 f3 h8 ] k7 ^the report notes that women sciense faculty are paid less and promoted more slowly despite comprable productivities by men.
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It includes some two dozen recommendations to try to address the situation.
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) q+ p+ j! ^% Z7 `" C. q"I hope that it won't be like so many report that going before it for a ten years later people look around and see that really nothing happened."
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K9 k) a5 T2 L$ [+ ethe report is available at
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thanks for the minute for scientific amrican's sixty second sciense.I am steve mersky.