Unlike what J. Phillipe Rushton and Lawrence Summers would have us believe, there are, in fact, real, structural barriers for women in academic science and engineering. Duh.
“Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering,” was prepared by the National Academies’ Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, which is made up of college presidents and provosts, professors, scientists and policy makers and headed by Donna E. Shalala, president of the University of Miami and former U.S. secretary of health and human services.
The report’s findings rebut the notion that a lack of talent and/or motivation play a large role in explaining the relative underrepresentation of women in science and engineering fields.
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