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Bill backs women in academic science.(NEWSWATCH)
While today women earn more than half of science and engineering degrees, women are less than one third of science and engineering professors.
Congress held a hearing on May 8th to introduce a new draft bill called the "Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008." It suggests workshops for academics, aimed at ending gender bias in academic science, and creating gender-blindness in awarding grants, hiring and promotion, ...
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