Women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Subtitle: upping the numbers
By: edited by: Ronald J. Burke, Mary C. Mattis.
Contributors: Burke, Ronald J.; Mattis, Mary C.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, US
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845428884
Subjects: Women in science; Women in technology; Minorities in science; Minorities in technology; Women in mathematics; Minorities in mathematics; Women in engineering; Minorities in engineering
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Women and minorities in STEM: the big picture; title: Women and minorities in STEM: a primer / Ronald J. Burke; title: Keys to success for women in science / Donna J. Dean and Anne Fleckenstein; title: Experiences of women and minorities in STEM; title: The good, the bad and the ugly: women engineering students' experiences of UK higher education / Abigail Powell, Barbara Bagihole and Andrew Dainty; title: Myths and realities in the IT work place: gender differences and similarities in climate perceptions / Debra A. Major, Donald D. Davis, Janice Sanchez-Hucles, Heather J. Downey and Lisa M. Gemano; title: Voices of the future: African-American PhD candidates in the sciences / Daryl E. Chubin; title: Women in the land of milk, honey and hi-technology: the Israeli case / Ronit Kark; title: An empirical test of the glass ceiling effect for Asian Americans in science and engineering / Tina T. Chen and James L. Farr; title: Building interest and commitment to STEM; title: Women in mathematics: examining the hidden barriers that gender stereotypes can impose / Jennifer R. Steele, Leah Reisz, Amanda Williams and Kerry Kawakami; title: Attracting the engineers of 202o today / Susan Staffin Metz; title: Developing career commitment in STEM-related fields: myths versus reality / Helen M. Madill, Rachel G. Campbell, Dallas M. Cullen, Margaret-ann Armour, Albert Einsiedel, Anna-Lisa Ciccocioppo, Jody Sherman, Leonard L. Stewin, Stanley Varnhagen, T. Craig Montgomerie, Cynthia J. Rothwell and Wendy L. Coffin; title: Enriching the educational experience; title: Achieving greater diversity through curricular change / Ilene J. Bushe-Vishniac and Jeffrey P. Jarosz; title: Undergraduate student support programs / Bevlee Watford; title: Improving the professional experience; title: The representation and experiences of women faculty in STEM fields / Xiang fen Liang and Diana Bilimoria; title: Upstream and downstram in the engineering pipeline: what's blocking US women from pursuing engineering careers? / Mary C. Mattis; title: Index.