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Title IX Turns to Science: Where Are the Women Physicists?

Gender-equality law looks beyond sports

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – Title IX, the federal mandate that requires gender equality in education funding, has been applied mostly to sports teams, but recently a new push has begun to apply it to university science departments. Decrying a dearth of women in physics and engineering programs, some women's...   Read full story »

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