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Informationen zum Autor The General Editor of the Statistics without Mathematics series at Vor Press is a researcher and data analyst with experience in government, business and the third sector, who is also well-known as an internationally published author of books on statistical testing. Klappentext The Equity Equation presents to findings and recommAndations of the foremost experts on research and practice concerning women in science, engineering, and mathematics. It addresses issues facing women in the scientific disciplines, including: *involvement in education and careers as it relates to diversity, along lies of race, class, sexual orientation, physical and learning disability, and age *institutional attitudes, interactions, and structure *barriers to success at the career stage *effectiveness of current intervention and curriculum strategies *the relationship between public policies and institutional change. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays explores the current status of women in the sciences! mathematics and engineering fields. The authors provide specific recommendations for increasing and retaining the numbers of women at all levels and in both academic and practice areas of the sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Women in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering: Myths and Realities(Betty Vetter) 2. The Schooling of Girls: Optimizing Opportunities or Obstacles?(Jane Butler Kahle) 3. Undergraduate Women in Science: Personal and Environmental Influences on the Development of Scientific Talent(Helen S. Astin, Linda Sax) 4. Influence on Women Graduate Students in Engineering and Sciences: Rethinking a GAndered Institution(Carol S. Hollenshead, Stacy Wenzel, Barbara B. Lazarus, Indira Nair ) 5. Diverse Populations of Women and Girls in Science, Mathematics and Engineering(Beatriz Chu Clewell, Angela B. Ginorio) 6. Programmatic and Curricular Interventions: What Do We Know?(Cinda-Sue Davis, Sue V. Rosser) 7. Women, Academia and Careers in Science and Engineering(Mary Frank Fox) 8. Facing Inequity: Women Scientists in Industry(Paula M. Rayman, Jennifer S. Jackson) 9. Public Policy and the Health of Science: The Case for Women in Science(Daryl Chubin, Shirley Malcom) 10. Visions for the Future: A Research and Policy AgAnda(Carol Hollenshead, Stacy Wenzel, Margaret N. Dykens, Cinda-Sue Davis, Angela B. Ginorio, Barbara B. Lazarus, Paula M. Rayman)...
