By now, anyone who's paying attention knows that universities across the country have a serious gender-balance problem, especially in science and related fields. But there appears to be some hope on the horizon: A new study shows that a few changes to academic hiring practices could go a long way toward bringing in more women to what's long been a male-dominated world.
It's abundantly clear that there are more men in top universities' science, engineering, and mathematics departments. Women are less likely to be trained in science, less likely to get coveted faculty jobs, and more likely to have some jerk tell them they're no good at science. That's a big problem.
[For more of this story, written by Nathan Collins, go to http://www.psmag.com/health-an...ana-stem-departments]
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