for all of my PhD seeking friends out there, here's an interesting article. Doesn't sound like there's a paucity of women in academia, but it does sound like there's a definite glass ceiling. One nice thing about my current position, I don't feel like there's a gender defined glass ceiling.
I've already taken the route with very few women as evidenced by me and like maybe two other girls in my CS classes. Despite what Kjohn has said about trying to get to class early so he could sit next to girls, that has never happened to me. I think the guys were afraid of Ivy - she has sharp elbows. It's nice to be different from most people in classes, but after a couple of references to Star Wars, Quake, or Diablo my eye glaze over.
I don't really mind being the only girl around, okay so I do, but it's not like it happens that often. Most of my friends have girlfriends or some other female friend etc who is around also. In fact this is how I've met most of the girls I know, through guys I know. I'm notorious for not getting along with girls, so I'm quite happy that I have some girl friends that I have a ton of fun with now.
Posted by joann at February 17, 2004 06:00 PMHere's my spin on that article though: 'Male enrollment in colleges at an all time low'.
"Women comprise 58 percent of the nation's 13 million college undergraduates."
If this was a battle, then it has been won. But it's a zero sum game. What is the right mix? Now there's an interesting question...
Posted by: Dennis at February 17, 2004 10:22 PMHey, *I* used to go to class early so that I could sit next to you ;-)
Posted by: justin at February 18, 2004 08:48 AM