Appendix VIII 



Comments from the Department of Energy 



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Appendix IX 



Comments from the National Aeronautics and 

 Space Administration 



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Appendix X 



Comments from the National Science Foundation 



47 



Appendix XI 



GAO Contacts and Staff Acknowledgments 



GAO Contacts 



Staiff Acknowledgments 



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Tables 



Table 1: Compliance Procedures Required by Title IX Law and 



Regulations 

 Table 2: Enrollment Status in 2001 of Students Wlio Began 



Postsecondary Education in 1995, by Type of Initial Major 



and Sex 

 Table 3: Enrollment and Degrees Earned by Men and Women by 



Field and Level of Study, 1999-2000. 



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Figures 



Figure 1: A Broad Outline of the Various Complaint Processes for 



Title ]X 7 



Figure 2: Percentage of Women Science Faculty Employed at 2- 

 and 4- Year Colleges and Universities in 1999 by Field of 

 Study and Year of PhD Completion 15 



Figure 3: Percentage of Students and Degree Recipients Who Are 



Women, 1999-2000 17 



Figure 4: Bachelors Degrees Earned by Women from 1966 to 2000 18 



Figure 5: Doctoral Degrees Earned by Women from 1966 to 2000 19 



Figure 6: Percentage of Women Faculty By Rank, Fiscal Year 2002 22 



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