Thursday, September 25, 2008

Ugh!

Check this out:

An editorial in the journal DNA and Cell Biology notes that for many of the top prizes and fellowships in science, women appear to be overlooked. The editorial documents very low percentages of women winning key competitions or awards, and suggests that all journals use “double blind” peer review (in which the identities of both authors and reviewers are confidential), that program directors raise questions when finalists for prizes or honors don’t include women, and that selection committees periodically review their procedures to consider whether they are fair to all.

From Insidehighered.org.

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