D iscrimination against female academics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while not conscious or willful, amounted to “many small factors that work slightly against women and accumulate over time, so that a little less ends up eventually being a lot less,” said one member of an institutional panel that produced a report acknowledging the problem. The investigation — prompted by a complaint by Nancy Hopkins, a professor of biology — led to heightened awareness not only at MIT but also on campuses around the country. The lasting effects in the sciences have been open to question, but the MIT report did open lab doors.
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