"I think it's obvious that women have been discriminated against in academia, so I have been surprised by colleagues at Ivy League institutions that it's not obvious to them as well," he says.
Behind Closed Doors
In 1991, the Standing Committee on the Status of Women released an in-depth report on women in the sciences, the first in a three part series to examine the status of women in the University over the course of a decade.
The 1991 report concluded that women in the sciences were hurt by
Harvard's antiquated hiring system, a lack of positive relationships with the senior faculty and a sense of "professional isolation."
The report also found that the number of women scientists working at each stage of a scientific career decreases as women ascend the academic ladder, saying that the "the pipeline of qualified women...is drying up in graduate school."
Now, almost a decade later, many say the situation has not significantly improved.
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