Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Climbing the Ladder
  • Copyright
  • PREFACE
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • DATA SOURCES
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
  • SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
  • CHAPTER 1 FACTORS AFFECTING THE SUPPLY OF DOCTORAL WOMEN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
  • HISTORICAL PATTERNS AND THEIR REFLECTIONS
  • SCIENTIFIC ABILITY
  • TRENDS IN MATH AND SCIENCE PREPARATION IN COLLEGE
  • TRENDS IN GRADUATE EDUCATION
  • 1. Persistence and attrition
  • 2. “Parityâ€? at the doctoral level
  • CHAPTER 2 THE SUPPLY OF WOMEN DOCTORATES
  • MINORITY WOMEN IN SCIENCE
  • INSTITUTIONAL ORIGINS
  • Age at ph.d.graduate school support patterns
  • predoctoral employment
  • marital status
  • plans after the ph.d.
  • labor force participation
  • chapter 3 postdoctoral training
  • reason for taking a postdoctoral appointment
  • marital status and postdoctoral patterns
  • host institutions
  • postdoctoral stipends
  • chapter 4 women scientists and engineers in academe
  • academic vs. nonacademic employment
  • full-time and part-time employment
  • numbers of women faculty
  • sex distribution of faculty appointments
  • off-ladder positions
  • HIRING AND PROMOTION OF JUNIOR FACULTYTENURE DECISIONS
  • ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
  • FACULTY SALARIES
  • GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY
  • CONCLUSION
  • CHAPTER 5 DOCTORAL WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
  • INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALE PH. D.S
  • GROWTH OF PH. D. PERSONNEL
  • JOB CHOICES FOR RECENT WOMEN DOCTORATES
  • TYPE OF POSITION HELD
  • SALARIES
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • APPENDICES
  • APPENDIX A
  • APPENDIX B
  • What is the Survey of Earned Doctorates?
  • What uses are made of the Survey data?