Nightly News   |  September 15, 2010

That's right—the women are smarter

For the first time women are earning more PhD's than men. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: Huge landmark's been reached in American higher education. More women than men in this country earned PhDs as of the last academic year. The margin is small, but it's part of a steady trend, although in some disciplines, like engineering, math, computer science, women earning PhDs are still a distinct minority behind men.