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Pathways, potholes, and the persistence of women in science : reconsidering the pipeline /

"Training for and pursuing a career in science can be treacherous for women; many more begin than ultimately complete at every stage. Characterizing this as a pipeline problem, however, leads to a focus on individual women instead of structural conditions. The goal of the book is to offer an al...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Branch, Enobong Hannah, 1983- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gendered Responses to Failure in Undergraduate Computing : Evidence, Contradictions, and New Directions / Enobong Hannah Branch and Sharla Alegria
  • Is College Enough? Gender Disparities in the Use of Science and Engineering Degrees in the Workforce / Margaret L. Usdansky and Rachel A. Gordon
  • Women Faculty in Computing: A Key Case of Women in Science / Mary Frank Fox and Kathryn Kline
  • Does the Road Improve in the Land of the Tenured? Exploring Perceptions of Culture and Satisfaction by Rank and Gender / Julia McQuillan, Mary Anne Holmes, Patricia Wonch Hill, and Mindy Anderson-Knott
  • Potholes and Detours on the Road to Full Professor: A Tale of STEM Faculty at Two Liberal Arts Colleges / Catherine White Berheide
  • Crisis of Confidence: Young Women Doing Gender and Science / Laurel Smith-Doerr, Timothy Sacco, and Angela Stoutenburgh
  • Who's the Expert? Gendered Conceptions and Expressions of Expertise by Chemists-in-Training / Laura E. Hirshfield
  • The Postdoc Pothole: The Changing Segmentation of the Biomedical Research Workforce, 1993-2008 / Lisa M. Frehill
  • The Long Shadow of Immigration Policy: "Apropriate Work" and Wage Inequality in U.S. Tech Work / Sharla Alegria and Cassaundra Rodriguez
  • Pathways for Women in Global Science / Kathrin Zippel
  • Agency of Women of Color in STEM: Individual and Institutional Strategies for Persistence and Success / Maria Ong, Lily T. Ko, and Apriel K. Hodari
  • Smooth Roads to Promotion: Creating Data-Guided and Community-Generated Changes for Eliminating Bumps and Potholes / Julia McQuillan, Mary Anne Holmes, Patricia Wonch Hill, and Mindy Anderson-Knott.