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Could you provide a citation on "the numbers hold up all the way to PhDs"? I found https://www.aps.org/programs/education/statistics/fraction-phd.cfm https://w

Could you provide a citation on "the numbers hold up all the way to PhDs"? I found https://www.aps.org/programs/education/statistics/fraction-phd.cfm https://www.aps.org/programs/education/statistics/fraction-p... Vs https://www.aps.org/programs/education/statistics/womenmajors.cfm https://www.aps.org/programs/education/statistics/womenmajor... Over 40% undergraduate degrees go to women, while less than 30% of doctorates.

tptacek 8y ago
https://imgur.com/a/nNHqwsP https://imgur.com/a/nNHqwsP Science Magazine, "Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines", vertical axis is PhDs, 2011 numbers. If nothing else at this point I think we can put a bullet in the "they just want to be math teachers" hypothesis.
- aptwebapps 8y ago
  That url works, but no image loads.