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Cornell Study: For STEM Tenure Track, Women Twice As Likely To Be Hired As Men

Posted by timothy on from the whose-bias-is-called-bias dept.

_Sharp'r_ writes In the first "empirical study of sexism in faculty hiring using actual faculty members", Cornell University researchers found that when using identical qualifications, but changing the sex of the applicant, "women candidates are favored 2 to 1 over men for tenure-track positions in the science, technology, engineering and math fields." An anonymous reader links to the study itself.

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  1. That's great news! by dark.nebulae · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been pushing my daughter in STEM and she's about to transition from HS to college.

    If this keeps up, I can look forward to her not having to move home after college graduation!

    1. Re:That's great news! by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

      You are aware that there's little chance of getting a Bush without a Dick?

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  2. Re:Well guys if you were passed over for a positio by oh_my_080980980 · · Score: 1, Funny

    LMOL yeah nice source...

  3. Re:Well guys if you were passed over for a positio by H0p313ss · · Score: 1, Funny

    Suck it up princess.

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