Career choices of female engineers : a summary of a workshop /

"Despite decades of government, university, and employer efforts to close the gender gap in engineering, women make up only 11 percent of practicing engineers in the United States. What factors influence women graduates' decisions to enter the engineering workforce and either to stay in or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frueh, Sara (rapporteur.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2014]
Temas:
Women in engineering > United States > Congresses.
Women engineers > United States > Congresses.
Women in engineering > United States > Statistics > Congresses.
Women engineers > United States > Statistics > Congresses.
Engineering > Vocational guidance > United States > Congresses.
Engineering > Study and teaching > United States > Congresses.
Interdisciplinary approach in education > United States > Congresses.
Femmes en ingénierie > États-Unis > Congrès.
Ingénieures > États-Unis > Congrès.
Femmes en ingénierie > États-Unis > Statistiques > Congrès.
Ingénieures > États-Unis > Statistiques > Congrès.
Ingénierie > Orientation professionnelle > États-Unis > Congrès.
Ingénierie > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis > Congrès.
Interdisciplinarité en éducation > États-Unis > Congrès.
Engineering > Study and teaching
Engineering > Vocational guidance
Interdisciplinary approach in education
Women engineers
Women in engineering
United States
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Career Outcomes of Women Engineering Bachelor's Degree Recipients
  • Career Outcomes of Women Engineering Bachelor's Degree Recipients
  • Retaining Technical Talent: Data Needs, Critical Transitions, and Career Pathways
  • Technical Women in Small and Medium Businesses
  • Closing Discussion
  • Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix B: List of Participants
  • Appendix C: Biographies of Speakers
  • Appendix D:Stemming the Tide: Why Women Engineers Stay in, or Leave, the Engineering Profession
  • Appendix E: Women in IT: RECRUIT THEM & RETAIN THEM
  • Appendix F: Presentation Slides on Career Outcomes of Women Engineering Bachelor's Degree Recipients.

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