Simmons SOM reacts to the New York Times Sept. 20 article on women's career paths
Dean Deborah Merrill Sands, Ph.D., along with Linda Basch, Ph.D., president of the National Council for Research on Women, and Ilene Lang, president for Catalyst, wrote a response to the New York Times’ Sept. 20 article, “Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood.”
Their conclusions about the relevance of this story and others sweeping the media: “What women need most are not stories of highly educated women married to high earning men choosing to stay at home. Women - and the nation - need stories about flexible workplaces, adequate childcare and eldercare, living wages, equal pay, and companies that understand why retaining women workers and developing women leaders is good for the bottom line and the health of society at large and know how to retain them.”
The piece was published on AlterNet. To view the entire article, please visit: http://alternet.org/mediaculture/26326/
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