outnumber vt. 数目超过;比多
But women who aspired to become college professors, a common path for those with doctorates, were hindered by the particular demands of faculty life. Studies have found that the tenure clock often collides with the biological clock: The busiest years of the academic career are the years that well-educated women tend to have children.
aspire vi. 渴望;立志;追求
hinder vi. 成为阻碍 vt. 阻碍;打扰 adj. 后面的
collide with 冲突;碰撞
Many women feel they have to choose between having a career in academics and having a family, said Catherine Hill, director of research at the American Association of University Women. Of course, they shouldnt have to.
Undergraduate women began reaching parity with men in the early 1980s as societal barriers to female scholarship fell away. And then they eclipsed men - so thoroughly that federal officials are now investigating whether some liberal arts schools are favoring men in admissions to preserve some semblance of gender balance.
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