Biological, social, and organizational components of success for women in academic science and engineering : report of a workshop / Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering (U.S.)

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.)

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

National Academy of Engineering.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in science--Social aspects--Congresses.

Women in science.

Women scientists--Social aspects--Congresses.

Women scientists.

Women in engineering--Social aspects--Congresses.

Women in engineering.

Women engineers--Social aspects--Congresses.

Women engineers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 address what sex-differences research tells us about capability, behavior, career decisions, and achievement; the role of organizational structures and institutional policy; cross-cutting issues of race and ethnicity; key research needs and experimental paradigms and tools; and the ramifications of their research for policy, particularly for evaluating current and potential academic faculty. Biological, Social, and Organizational Components of Success for Women in Academic Science and Engineering consists of three elements: an introduction, summaries of panel discussions including public comment sessions, and poster abstracts.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Section 1

Summaries of Convocation Sessions""; ""PANEL 1

COGNITIVE AND BIOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS""; ""PANEL 2

SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS""; ""PANEL 3

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES""; ""PANEL 4

IMPLEMENTING POLICIES""; ""Section 2

Selected Workshop Papers""; ""THE ECONOMICS OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES IN ACADEMIA

Donna K. Ginther""; ""BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE

Diane F. Halpern""

""WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS: GENDER SIMILARITIES IN ABILITIES AND SOCIOCULTURAL FORCES

Janet Shibley Hyde""""CREATING AN INCLUSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT

Sue V. Rosser""; ""LONG TIME NO SEE: WHY ARE THERE STILL SO FEW WOMEN IN ACADEMIC SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING?

Joan C. Williams""; ""SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CAREER DECISIONS

Yu Xie""; ""Section 3

Poster Abstracts""; ""SOCIOLOGY""; ""ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE""; ""INSTITUTIONAL POLICY""; ""Section 4

Appendixes""; ""APPENDIX A

Workshop Agenda""; ""APPENDIX B

Speaker Biographical Information ""

""APPENDIX C

Committee Biographical Information """"APPENDIX D

Statement of Task ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-16451-6

1-280-74229-1

9786610742295

0-309-65451-3

OCLC:

923276268