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An essay "Why Can't a Princeton Woman Be More Like a Princeton Man?" by John Rosenberg at the site Minding the Campus
http://www.mindingthecampus.com/forum/2011/03/why_cant_a_princeton_woman_be_.html

explains why Princeton does not have a problem:

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'[T]his report spends much of its 89 pages describing the ways in which Princeton women are different from Princeton men, and the remainder of its pages recommending measures to combat the �stale old-fashioned stereotypes� that women are different.
Evan Thomas describes these recommendations as an effort �to bolster women's confidence and prod them to seek prominent positions.� And prodding does indeed describe what Tilghman, Keohane, et al. believe their female undergraduates need. Despite their strained attempt to celebrate all the hard work that female undergraduates do behind the scenes, I think a fair reading of this report indicates that its authors want Princeton women to act more like Princeton men.

President Tilghman and Professor Keohane, meet Professor Henry Higgins: �Why Can�t a Woman Be More Like a Man?�'