Researchers concluded that the achievement gap between boys and girls in mathematics performance had narrowed to the vanishing point, which undermines claims that a greater prevalence of profound mathematical talent in males is biologically determined.
The prospects for women who are scientists and engineers at major research universities have improved, although women continue to face inequalities in salary and access to some other resources, a panel of the National Research Council concludes in a new report.
In recent years “men and women faculty in science, engineering and mathematics have enjoyed comparable opportunities,” the panel said in its report, released on Tuesday. It found that women who apply for university jobs and, once they have them, for promotion and tenure, are at least as likely to succeed as men. But compared with their numbers among new Ph.D.’s, women are still underrepresented in applicant pools, a puzzle that offers an opportunity for further research, the panel said.
AQ...TELL ME...WHY DO YOU THINK THERE FEWER WOMEN APPLYING FOR PHDs?
COULD WE CONFIDENTLY SAY - GENDER GAP ...NO MORE?
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