Secondly, and equally influential, there were the personal ties with one of the committee members. For the women candidates, this might make up for their gender, if that is, the male candidates had no personal connections. Articles have ensued, and several universities have tried to analyse and evaluate their own situation with respect to the percentage and position of women scientists. It remains to be seen, however, whether all those reports and articles will fundamentally change the composition of academic staff, including the composition of those bodies which have policy-making power. Now, on the brink of a new millennium, it is still very much a dream.
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