A Lesson from Symphony Orchestras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn the mid-1960s, less than 10% of the musicians in the \u201cbig five\u201d U.S. orchestras (Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, and Cleveland) were women. In the 1970s and 1980s, as part of a broader diversity initiative, the groups changed their audition procedures to eliminate POTENTIAL BIAS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of conducting auditions face-to-face, they seated musicians behind a screen or other divider. In a landmark 2000 study, economists Claudia Goldin and Cecilia Rouse found that the screen increased the success rate of female musicians by 160%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They attributed roughly a quarter of the orchestras\u2019 increased gender diversity to this simple change. And with selection based more squarely on musical ability, the orchestras were undoubtedly better off.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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