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This comment is purely anecdotal, but during my college years, undergrad and masters, I could count on one hand the number of women in any of my engineering courses. That being said, one of the best students in any of these classes was a female...she deserved to be there. Since there were few women engineering students, would it not stand reason that there would be few female engineering Profs...I only knew one, who happened to be one of my advisers. In my liberal arts classes the reverse was true...the classes were mostly made up of women. Considering the growth industry non-science degree options, would it not stand to reason that most of the degrees conferred go to women? I have no numbers to back this up, this is purely my impression.

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I could count the number of women in my engineering department on the fingers of one hand, excluding the thumb, and with an extra finger left over...