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Women Still Not 50% of Higher Education Faculty
In 2013, women made up 48.8 percent of the faculty at U.S. colleges and universities, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Four years later, the number of women faculty had increased less than 1 percent to 49.6 percent.
Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards
Prior to the 2022 Nobel Prize announcements, an article identifying five worthy female candidates included Carolyn Bertozzi, who became one of the 2022 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry.» Link to the original article
