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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a faculty member/chair at a STEM-focused university. From the perspective of the Trump Administration, DEI does include women. We have received guidance from the DOE and DOJ that includes gender within the context of federally-funded grants, admissions programs that consider gender (e.g., recruiting, scholarships, etc.), hiring initiatives, and leadership programs. [/quote]

[b]Not in the context of college admissions.[/b]  Girls outperform boys by a mile in colleges.

Higher up in academic settings, yes, women are being discriminated still.  Fewer female professors in colleges, even fewer in leadership positions.  But I think these positions are currently occupied by a lot of aged male professors, they will be gone in a few years by force of nature.  I wouldn't worried too much about DEI for women.[/quote]

That is not entirely true. Admissions is broader than AO's making decisions about denial/acceptance. I was referring to admissions practices around recruitment/marketing and merit scholarships. For example, we have received guidance that recruitment efforts to increase the number of female applicants in STEM falls under DEI or scholarship earmarked for women-only.

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You missed the main point:  [b]Girls outperform boys[/b].  [/quote]

Maybe at being average-exceptional in terms of college admissions. Only two women have won a Fields Medal. Men still outperform at the far upper bound.[/quote]

Girls were allowed to study at Columbia only after the 80s, less than 50 years ago.  Give it another 50 years.  [/quote]

This is optimistic. I don't think the pipeline of girls into high level quantitative science work is as strong as you seem to. For example, last year's winning US IMO team had one young woman on it. She was the first one since 2007.

https://maa.org/news/usa-first-at-imo/

What your saying might happen, but there are a lot of intermediate steps that will be necessary for it.[/quote]

Did you throw a math book to your son when he was 3?  Yes you did!
How many parents throw a math book to their girls when they were 3, versus a Barbie doll?
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If what you are saying is true, and it does sound reasonable, doesn't it support my point that girls overtaking boys in the upper echelons in math 50 years out is probably overly optimistic?[/quote]

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