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

by National Academy of Sciences, Committe on Maximizing the Potential of, National Academy of Engineering, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309100410
• ISBN13: 9780309100410
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 244 Pages