The NSF would be a panel of people educated on biases. They would review policies that consider those biases.


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The first step is that academic institutions must be open to having a conversation about gender biases. The second step is to create something similar to the National Science Foundation(NSF) or a Pandemic Response Faculty fellow(PFMC). 

Solutions to ensure equity between genders in academia during the pandemic

Malisch, Jessica L., et al. “Opinion: In the Wake of COVID-19, Academia Needs New Solutions to Ensure Gender Equity.” PNAS, National Academy of Sciences, 7 July 2020, www.pnas.org/content/117/27/15378. 

In the wake of COVID-19, academia needs new solution to ensure gender equity

The Pandemic Response Faculty Fellow would make sure that there are policies enacted that create equity. The group would have to be diverse, would have to know about equity, and would have to be open about their goals. The primary responsibility of this group would be to work with the university to act as an intermediary to make sure that there is the equity between men and women in refer to promotion and tenure. 

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