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If a female president is good for the Ivy League, why not for the rest of us?

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imageHalf of the eight Ivy Leagues now have women presidents.USCPublicDiplomacy, CC BY-ND

On July 1, Elizabeth Garrett assumed the presidency of Cornell University.

With this, half of the eight-member Ivy League schools now have female presidents. Garrett joins an illustrious group: Christina Paxson (Brown University), Drew Faust (Harvard University)...

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