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Alarming data about schools awarding the highest percentage of philosophy PhDs to women, 2004-2014

Over that decade, nearly one hundred women have been awarded PhDs in philosophy from just three schools, two mediocre and one a joke:  the University of Memphis, the University of Oregon, and the California Institute of Integral Studies.  Indeed, of the ten programs that graduated the highest percentage of women during this decade, just three are leading and serious PhD programs:  MIT, North Carolina, and Minnesota.   Those concerned about the representation of women in the profession should be greatly alarmed by these facts.  As we've noted before, women are hardly well-served by getting PhDs from weak (or worse) programs.

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