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More women authors and collaboration now the norm for communication faculty, MU study finds
07-10-2007 · EurekAlert!In academia, the discipline of communication has changed significantly, according to University of Missouri-Columbia researchers. Once an area of instruction dominated by men at the university level, today a greater number of women are conducting research. The findings are based on a study examining the number of females who publish communication articles in academic journals.
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