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Nature 412, 844 (30 August 2001) | doi:10.1038/35091205

Open Innovation Challenges

Staff survey shows women feel out in the cold at Caltech

See associated Correspondence: Buffetaut, Nature 414, 147 (November 2001)

Rex Dalton

Women staff at the California Institute of Technology are highly dissatisfied with academic conditions there, according to an internal study that has also found they are paid less than men at the prestigious university.The investigation finds that women are unhappy with the economic support for their positions, their lack of involvement in faculty leadership, and the method by which they are promoted and receive tenure.