Judith Smilg Kleinfeld is a professor of psychology at the

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, and co-chairs the Northern Studies department. A controversial academician, her most well known works are the ones criticizing studies on alleged discrimination in educational settings. Her ''The Myth That Schools Shortchange Girls'' analyzed the

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's report '' How Schools Shortchange Girls''. Kleinfeld's analysis was first publicized at the Women's Freedom Network, received national attention and was covered by ''

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''. She has also criticized a 1999

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study that supported claims made by some of the university's female professors that their male colleagues enjoyed preferential treatment despite their level of accomplishments. Kleinfeld called the MIT study "

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" and pointed out that the committee evaluating the charges was led by the primary complainant and cited the committee's reluctance to open its data to peer review. Judith Kleinfeld is a member at the Women's Freedom Network and the

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From Alaskan Outpost, Judith Kleinfeld Looks Down on Higher Education

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