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...Math has always been perceived as a not very female occupation," Bott says, "and I think that comes from high school more than anything here...
Graustein Professor of Mathematics Raoul Bott blamed female students' high school experiences. Women may be discouraged, and not as well-prepared, because of these earlier classes...
...recent years, we've tried two attempts to get women on the tenured faculty," Bott says. "We're always on the lookout for opportunities in this direction...
...more and more women enter mathematics, the number of female professors will reflect this swing, says Raoul Bott, Graustein professor of mathematics. But in the meantime, women should be encouraged on the elementary and high school levels to pursue their interest in mathematics, says Noam D. Elkies, Loeb professor of the natural sciences...
...whole QRR singlehandedly," says Bott. "And while there are some of us who belong to the old school and feel all [students] should have to take calculus, we're very grateful for his new ideas, that he is concerned with those sides of math...