Sunday, April 3, 2011

Getting In: The social logic of Ivy League admissions (by Malcolm Gladwell)

Malcolm Gladwell wrote an article back in 2005 about Ivy League admissions and who gets chosen for the universities. Much of it still rings true today (e.g., the birth of affirmative action -- and it started for reasons that were definitely different from what I expected).

Check out the full piece in the New Yorker. (Thanks, Claire)

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .