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The Graduate Women's Organization (GWO) called for consistent job placement policies for recent Ph.D.s in a report mailed to all department heads and graduate students this week.
The report grew out of "general paranoia and confusion among graduate students about finding jobs," Jean Goad, co-chairman of GWO's Task Force on Jobs, said yesterday.
"The point is not that we think there's overt or conscious discrimination against women and minorities, but that they have the most to lose in a disorganized system," Goad added.
Interviews with department chairmen compiled in the report reveal the use of vague and widely varying procedures in job placement and advising of graduate students.
Recommendations of the report include establishing an open file of job possibilities, improving advisory methods, and increasing efforts to introduce graduate students to the job market.
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