This is pretty interesting, though I've always felt that the 'fortune 500 ceo' gap isn't nearly as illustrative of current rates of discrimination as other metr

This is pretty interesting, though I've always felt that the 'fortune 500 ceo' gap isn't nearly as illustrative of current rates of discrimination as other metrics, for the simple reason that most fortune 500 ceo's are 45-60 years old and so started their careers from 1975-1991. Academic discrimination makes sense to me as a source of major issues, though, and in the startup world there're definitely issues with VCs and Angels. You've got a situation where individuals have immense control with little oversight. We've put in place a lot of checks and balances in the corporate world (though that's not done), but I don't believe it's there for advanced academics as yet.