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Slow Progress in Closing Engineering/Computer Science Higher Education Gender Gap

The numbers are moving upwards, but very slowly. Over a 10 year period (2010 to 2020), female bachelor’s degree holders in engineering/computer science increased from 17.3% to 22.1%; women with master’s degrees went from 24.4% to 30.3%; and doctoral degrees for women went from 22% to 24.4%.

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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Scientific Research More Innovative, Impactful When Women And Men Work Together

A new study published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" found mixed-gender teams of medical scientists produced "substantially more novel and impactful" research than same-gender teams of equal size, according to the study's lead author.»  Link to the original article