> That said, I think companies should go out there and ensure they engage people at the start, in Elementary school. Be they women, blacks and even whites (see

> That said, I think companies should go out there and ensure they engage people at the start, in Elementary school. Be they women, blacks and even whites (see the many H1Bs we need to shore up demand). This appears to be a form of the "pipeline" argument, that the problem with low participation rates by some demographic groups is due to a lack of those people in the earlier stages of the career pipeline to the workplace. The thing to understand about the pipeline problem is that it is the same thing as the hostile/discriminating workplace problem. The pipeline leaks at every stage, from kindergarten to the boardroom, because some demo groups are supported, assumed capable, etc, and others are not. So the solutions are the same at every level: workplace and school policies that explicitly correct the inequitable treatment, both structural and individual.