Biological, Social, and Organizational Components of Success for Women in Academic Science and Engineering

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Biological, Social, and Organizational Components of Success for Women in Academic Science and Engineering

Report of a Workshop

Social groups, communities and identities Sociology: work and labour Higher education, tertiary education

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Language: English

Published by: National Academies Press

Published on: 8th November 2006

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 244 pages

ISBN: 9780309164511


Introduction

During the last 40 years, the number of women studying science and engineering (S&E) has increased dramatically. Nevertheless, women do not hold academic faculty positions in numbers that commensurate with their increasing share of the S&E talent pool. The discrepancy exists at both the junior and senior faculty levels.

Workshop Overview

In December 2005, the National Research Council held a workshop to explore these issues. Experts in a number of disciplines met to address what sex-differences research tells us about capability, behavior, career decisions, and achievement; the role of organizational structures and institutional policy; cross-cutting issues of race and ethnicity; key research needs and experimental paradigms and tools; and the ramifications of their research for policy, particularly for evaluating current and potential academic faculty.

Publication Details

Biological, Social, and Organizational Components of Success for Women in Academic Science and Engineering consists of three elements: an introduction, summaries of panel discussions including public comment sessions, and poster abstracts.

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