by Nancy Hopkins
SUPPLEMENT	A Decade of Progress for Women in Science ... And perhaps a gender-blind workplace in another decade (or two) The Scientist 2005, 19(Supplement 21):17 Published   7 November 2005

In 1995 it was unimaginable that within 10 years the presidents of Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, and University of California at San Diego would all be women, and remarkably, women scientists. Ten years ago women's progress in academia seemed to have stalled, particularly in science. Large numbers of women majored in science and earned PhDs, yet only a tiny number had reached the top of the professoriate.

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