HBS Gender Equality

In the past, there have  been a lack of female students and faculty at the Harvard Business School. Throughout the past couple of years, HBS has taken it upon them selves to increase gender equality at their prestigious institution. Women arrive at Harvard with the same test scores as men, but they lack in class participation and tend to fall behind in classes. At the Harvard class of 2013 graduation, there was said to be “little visible evidence of the experiment that they had undergone for the past two years”.

Females at HBS were not treated fairly before the movement towards gender equality began two years ago. Women getting “hazed” or being judged based on how they look or dress is enough to distract them in their academics. The Harvard Business School is making an effort to make women feel more comfortable in how they “speak, study, and socialize”, which will involve a change of mindset in both men and women themselves. Harvard may be sacrificing some potential male students and faculty in order to move towards a better male to female ratio, but in the end both the school and women in general will benefit.

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/education/harvard-case-study-gender-equity.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0