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Nearly a third of science and tech leaders think a woman can’t reach the top

The problem of getting more young women into science and high-tech fields is getting a lot of recent attention, from a newly launched national mentorship program for budding female scientists to Super Bowl ads for engineering toys designed for girls.

But keeping them in those fields — and helping them reach the top — may be an even bigger challenge. A new report to be released Wednesday afternoon from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), the research think tank founded by economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett, finds that U.S. women working in these fields are 45 percent more likely than their male peers to leave the industry within the year.

By Jena McGregor

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/02/12/nearly-a-third-of-science-and-tech-leaders-think-a-woman-cant-reach-the-top/

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