A shave short of tenure?

A correlation between having a beard and being a professor has been uncovered by scientists, suggesting a reason for discrimination against women in academia.

A study of 1,800 male academics has revealed professors are twice as likely as lecturers to have bristles.

The survey, which appears today in The Pharmaceutical Journal, was done by doctoral students Sarah Carter and Kristina Åström who were inspired by an "impressively hairy" supervisor at the University of London.

From the Telegraph. Actual survey here (.pdf). Note that the study was restricted to UK universities.

Posted by David on December 18, 2004 1:26 PM