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Military academies still hostile to women.(NEWSWATCH)

Women in Higher Education

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Inappropriate treatment and hostile attitudes toward women students still persist at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and at the Naval Academy in Colorado, said a recent Pentagon task force report.

Amid its 44 recommendations, the panel noted that current training on sexual harassment is inadequate and results in misunderstandings by cadets and midshipmen about how to obtain medical care, counseling and legal assistance. The value of women in the military should also be better emphasized, the ...

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