Word: academia
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...study, conducted by the Center for Work-Life Policy and sponsored by Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, and Ernst & Young, surveyed 2,443 women and 653 men in four sectors: law, medicine, finance, and academia. The study has been in progress since early last year...
...study has produced numbers that the authors say relate interestingly to University President Lawrence H. Summers’ stated opinion that discrimination is a lesser factor in explaining the underrepresentation of women in higher education. The study shows that women in academia are less likely to leave their careers for reasons relating to child care than their counterparts in different occupations...
...study found that 45 percent of women overall leave to spend time with their children, but only 21 percent of women in academia cite this as one of their own reasons for leaving...
...fact, 36 percent of women in academia say their careers are not satisfying or enjoyable, compared to only 29 percent of women overall...
Moreover, 33 percent of women in academia say they “felt stalled” in their careers, as opposed to 23 percent generally...