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It's been their stated goal in academic hiring, so I don't think this is anything new.

• vannevar 3y ago
  Yes, my first thought on reading the headlines was ,"Great---it's actually working!" It's worth noting that as of 2020, only 32.5% of full professors were women (https://www.aaup.org/news/data-snapshot-full-time-women-faculty-and-faculty-color https://www.aaup.org/news/data-snapshot-full-time-women-facu...). So still a sizable gap.
  • thebigwinning 3y ago
    Since most of the older ones are men, I think the career prospects for non-minority men considering academia are grim (if academic careers aren't already).
  • TMWNN 3y ago
    Why should the ratio be 50/50? Women continue to prefer to stay home with kids more than men, which reduces the number that will stay on the tenure track and beyond to the end.
    • vannevar 3y ago
      "For the nation as a whole, the labor force participation rate for women was 56.8 percent in 2022." From the US Bureau of Labor statistics (https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-force-participation-rate-for-women-highest-in-the-district-of-columbia-in-2022.htm#:~:text=For%20the%20nation%20as%20a,was%2056.8%20percent%20in%202022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-force-participation-....)