David,thank you for sharing the link. As subscribers to Ecolog are ecology oriented, perhaps we can read the article thinking about the big picture. Mainly the 7 billion people in the world. We have surpassed the carrying capacity of our planet. I strongly suggest reading the latest work from James Lovelock on this issue. Diminishing numbers of human offspring must be a cause for celebration not regret. The true regret here is losing women in science careers.
Sarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D. Schmidt Ocean Institute Postdoctoral FellowOcean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) 1420 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida 34949 USA Tel (772) 467-1600http://www.teamorca.orghttp://independent.academia.edu/SarahFriasTorres > Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:46:31 -0400 > From: ino...@umd.edu > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [ADVANCE-NEWS] The Children they Never Had > To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > > >Hello All, > > > >You might find this piece (link below) at Inside Higher Ed > >interesting. It provides an overview of the first of a series of > >scholarly papers by Elaine Howard Ecklund (Rice) and Anne Lincoln > >(Southern Methodist) on women faculty members and their choices > >regarding children and career, careers outside of science, and other > >issues. It's worth a look. > > > ><http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/08/09/female_science_faculty_much_more_likely_than_male_counterparts_to_wish_they_had_more_children>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/08/09/female_science_faculty_much_more_likely_than_male_counterparts_to_wish_they_had_more_children > > > > > > For more information about the ADVANCE program at the University of Maryland: > www.advance.umd.edu
