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Science 22 March 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5563, p. 2192
DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5563.2192a
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WOMEN IN ACADEMIA:
Engineers Marginalized, MIT Report Concludes

Andrew Lawler

BOSTON--A 1999 report that documented the plight of female researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sparked a heated national debate about the need to improve the status of women scientists in academia. Now a new study of MIT's School of Engineering cites a host of similar barriers, leaving dean Thomas Magnanti to conclude that "MIT is not a hospitable environment" for many women.

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