Biological, Social, and Organizational Components of Success for Women in Academic Science and Engineering: Report of a Workshop - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; National Academy Of Engineering; National Academy Of Sciences; Committee On Science, Engineering, And Public Policy; Committee On Maximizing The Potential Of Women In Academic Science And Engineering

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309100410 ISBN 13: 9780309100410

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2006

Synopsis

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. 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. 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.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Introduction
• Section 1--Summaries of Convocation Sessions
• Section 2--Selected Workshop Papers
• Section 3--Poster Abstracts
• APPENDIX A--Workshop Agenda
• APPENDIX B--Speaker Biographical Information
• APPENDIX C--Committee Biographical Information
• APPENDIX D--Statement of Task

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Committe on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0309100410
• ISBN 13: 9780309100410
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244