Blueprint for the future : framing the issues of women in science in a global context : summary of a workshop /

"The scientific work of women is often viewed through a national or regional lens, but given the growing worldwide connectivity of most, if not all, scientific disciplines, there needs to be recognition of how different social, political, and economic mechanisms impact women's participatio...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee On Status and Participation of Women In STEM Disciplines and Careers, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Otros Autores: Didion, Catherine Jay, Frehill, Lisa M., Pearson, Willie, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Women in science > Congresses.
Women scientists > Congresses.
Universities and colleges > Faculty > Employment > Sex differences > Congresses.
Science.
Women.
Engineering.
Science
Women
Engineering
Health Workforce.
Femmes dans les sciences > Congrès.
Universités > Corps enseignant > Travail > Différences entre sexes > Congrès.
Sciences.
Femmes.
Ingénierie.
sciences (philosophy)
engineering.
science (modern discipline)
women (female humans)
SCIENCE > Essays.
SCIENCE > Reference.
Women in science
Women scientists
United States
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Welcome and overview of the workshop
  • Panel I: Cross-cultural issues [Knowledge and data sources
  • Socio-historical trends
  • Higher education
  • Workforce segregation
  • Panel discussion
  • Question and answer comments]
  • Panel II: Focal disciplines [Chemical sciences
  • Computer science
  • Mathematics and statistics
  • Panel discussion
  • Question and answer comments]
  • Panel III: Cross-cutting themes [Role of disciplinary societies
  • Promising programs
  • Promising policies
  • Panel discussion
  • Question and answer comments]
  • Concluding presentation and discussion
  • Data on women researchers in sicence
  • A snapshot of gender differences in education / Angelica Salvi Del Pero
  • Historical perspectives on women in chemistry, computer science, and mathematics / Mariko Ogawa, Lisa M. Frehill, and Sophia Huyer
  • Institutional and cultural parameters affecting women's participation in the fields of chemistry, mathematics, statistics, and computer science around the world / Anne J. MacLachlan
  • Workforce sex segregation / Alice Abreu et al.
  • Status of women in the chemical sciences / Robert Lichter et al.
  • Computer science: cross-national snapshots of entry degrees and IT workforce in selected countries / J. McGrath Cohoon et al.
  • Disciplinary societies' role in women's status in chemical sciences, computer science, and mathematics and statistics / Lisa M. Frehill
  • Promising programs in science: a cross-national exploration of what works to attract and sustain women / Daryl Chubin et al.
  • Promising policies / Cheryl B. Leggon and Connie L. McNeely.

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