A recent study shows that men are more likely to be colloquium speakers than women, even after controlling for the gender and rank of the available speakers. The researchers come to this conclusion after a thorough review of 3652 talks in six academic disciplines, at 50 prestigious US colleges and universities in 2013–2014. A follow-up study shows that we find that women neither decline talk invitations at greater rates nor question the importance of talks more than men do.
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