Science and Engineering Programs: On Target for Women? - Softcover

National Research Council; Policy And Global Affairs; Committee On Women In Science, Engineering, And Medicine; Ad Hoc Panel On Interventions; Committee On Women In Science And Engineering

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309047781 ISBN 13: 9780309047784

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1992

Synopsis

Based primarily on a conference, this book examines the need for interventions to increase the number of U.S. students, both males and females, pursuing careers in the sciences and engineering and describes interventions supported by the private and public sectors at the undergraduate and graduate levels of education.

The individually authored chapters also describe actions taken by employers of scientists and engineers to retain their technical work force.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 1 The Benefits of Diversity in the Science and Engineering Work Force
• 2 Interventions Defined, Implemented, and Evaluated
• 3 Overview: The Status of Women in Science and Engineering
• EDUCATION
• 4 Promoting Undergraduate Studies in Science and Engineering
• 5 Promoting Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies in Science and Engineering
• EMPLOYMENT
• 6 Promoting Science and Engineering Careers in Academe
• 7 Promoting Science and Engineering Careers in Industry
• 8 Promoting Science and Engineering Careers in the Federal Government
• Summary: Cross-cutting Issues
• Appendixes
• A Related Tables
• B Speakers and Participants, Conference on Science and Engineering Programs, Irvine, California, November 4-5, 1991

About this title

About the Author

Marsha Lakes Matyas and Linda Skidmore Dix, Editors; Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Ad Hoc Panel on Interventions; National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309047781
• ISBN 13: 9780309047784
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Dix Linda Skidmore, Matyas Marsha Lakes