September 26, 2005 8:29 AM

The more things change, the more they stay the same (for women in corporate America, that is)
Posted by Diane Danielsonat 8:29 AM

Sunday's Bostonworks Out in the Field section reports on the slooooooooow progress women are making in many areas of corporate America.

Women in a variety of industries are moving more slowly up America's corporate ladder, lagging behind their male counterparts in joining corporate boards, obtaining venture capital funding, and being promoted, according to a recent report from the Committee of 200.

The ''2005 C200 Business Leadership Index'' noted there has been no increase in the pace of women's overall clout in the business world, ''which indicates that women's influence has been creeping forward slowly for at least the last four years and probably won't equal men's during this decade or the next.''