Too few women scientists achieving academic leadership...(aring and family responsibilities as bei...)

Date:11/16/2007

aring and family responsibilities, as being in need of reform. Relatively simple and straightforward changes such as tenure clock extensions, quality childcare, or job-sharing could enable an existing pool of talented and capable women scientists to move into the upper echelons of academia and scientific research and boost

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Contact: Vicki Cohn vcohn@liebertpub.com Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News Source:Eurekalert

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