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28Nov/0914

Math and Science: SEND CHICKS NOW

I told Dan when I came on that I have two areas that I will blog on: education and actuarial science. So here comes the education [or, rather, academia].

I've amassed an omnibus post that collects what I've written about education, and one of my favorite themes is women in math and science, and the whining thereof.

Meep

Meep is a member of the Irish Catholic mafia, having a suspiciously high number of green-eyed, red-haired friends. While she doesn’t have red hair herself [except when she goes into the sun (rare for any vampire)], she does have green eyes. She’s a raving Papist and is a life actuary on the side [i.e., she counts dead people]. An amateur pain-in-the-ass [willing to go pro!], she likes covering retirement, mortality, math, and education issues.

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21Nov/0937

Women and Health Care “Reform”

Recently, a couple of advisory boards altered recommendations for cancer screening for women: breast cancer screening and cervical cancer screening. But for women, it's going to go well beyond screening.

Here is something that has not brought up in many of these health care debates: women use health care a lot more than men do.