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Science 7 December 2001:
Vol. 294. no. 5549, p. 2066
DOI: 10.1126/science.294.5549.2066b

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WOMEN IN SCIENCE:
Caltech Aims for Big Jump in Women Faculty

Andrew Lawler

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) hopes to more than double the number of women faculty members over the next decade to help rectify a glaring gender disparity at the elite science- and technology-oriented school. Reaching the goal would mean adding a net of four women faculty members a year, as women currently make up a mere 31 of Caltech's 284 faculty members. The target is included in a new report that examined the status of women faculty members at the university.

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