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To: kech who wrote (102572)3/1/2005 1:13:54 PM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 793926
 
Certainly one would do different things to raise the proportion of domestic students (and therefore a higher proportion of women) than one would do if one thought the problem was discrimination against women within the domestic educational institutions.

There is no doubt there are fewer women in academia than men. Women have made tremendous progress in the last 35 years. All the variables that make up the difference should be put on the table. It would be irresponsible not to be able tod discuss certain issues for fear of hurting people's feelings. But, at the Dr. Summers level, the discussion has to be intelligent. Nobody gets a pass. We do not want to shut up Dr. Summers. We want him to talk about his remarks. And, on the other side, we hope that Dr. Summers does not cave in to irresponsible demands that he shut up. We want him to defend his position - why he raised certain questions. Nobody should get a pass - on either side.

In the early 1970's, women received less than 10 percent of all graduate degrees in law, medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine. They were below 20 percent in pharmacy.

.... today women earn about two-thirds of the degrees in veterinary medicine and pharmacy. They're approaching 50 percent in law, and they've topped 40 percent in medicine. More than a third of new dentists are women.

Likewise, women's share of master's degrees from business schools rose from 3.6 percent in 1970 to 41.1 percent in 2002.
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