In response to the concerns of faculty members, Birgeneau established the Committee on Women Faculty in 1995.
Hopkins said MIT's report marks a major step forward. She said she hopes that other universities emulate MIT's willingness to question itself.
Lotte Bailyn, MIT's faculty chair, urged the committee to write up the report.
"Part of the goal was to get this disseminated so other universities could learn from this and learn how they can deal with these issues," Bailyn said.
Carol J. Thompson, Harvard's associate dean for academic affairs, said she was surprised to hear of MIT's findings, but also said she was encouraged that the Institute had publicly acknowledged them.
She added that she believes Harvard does not have the same discrimination problems.
But Professor of Physics Melissa E. Franklin, one of two tenured female faculty members in the physics department, said that although she cannot point to specific incidences of discrimination, she believes that similar discrimination may exist at Harvard.
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