Career choices of female engineers : a summary of a workshop / National Academy of Engineering ; Sara Frueh, rapporteur Committee on Career Outcomes of Female Engineering Bachelor's Degree Recipients Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Policy and Global Affairs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Engineering, author.

National Research Council (U.S.), author.

Contributor:

Frueh, Sara, reporter.

National Research Council (U.S.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--Vocational guidance.

Engineering.

Engineering--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Despite decades of government, university, and employer efforts to close the gender gap in engineering, women make up only 11 percent of practicing engineers in the United States. What factors influence women graduates' decisions to enter the engineering workforce and either to stay in or leave the field as their careers progress? Researchers are both tapping existing data and fielding new surveys to help answer these questions. On April 24, 2013, the National Research Council Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore emerging research and to discuss career pathways and outcomes for women who have received bachelor's degrees in engineering. Participants included academic researchers and representatives from the Department of Labor, National Science Foundation, and Census Bureau, as well as several engineering professional societies. Career Choices of Female Engineers summarizes the presentations and discussions of the workshop."-- Publisher's description.

Contents:

""Front Matter ""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Career Outcomes of Women Engineering Bachelor's Degree Recipients""; ""3 Career Outcomes of Women Engineering Bachelor's Degree Recipients""; ""4 Retaining Technical Talent: Data Needs, Critical Transitions, and Career Pathways""; ""5 Technical Women in Small and Medium Businesses""; ""6 Closing Discussion""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: List of Participants""; ""Appendix C: Biographies of Speakers""; ""Appendix D:Stemming the Tide: Why Women Engineers Stay in, or Leave, the Engineering Profession""

""Appendix E: Women in IT: RECRUIT THEM & RETAIN THEM""""Appendix F: Presentation Slides on Career Outcomes of Women Engineering Bachelor's Degree Recipients""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 18, 2014).

ISBN:

0-309-30582-9

OCLC:

902012365