DocumentCode
1740522
Title
Looking to the future: women in science and engineering
Author
Moskal, Barbara M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Abstract
As a result of the overall decrease in enrolment in science related fields and recent economic expansions, the United States is experiencing a shortage of trained scientists and engineers. One manner in which to increase the pool of scientists and engineers is to increase the participation of women in these fields. The purpose of this paper is discuss the progress that has been made and the issues that still need to be addressed in order to attract women to the fields of science and engineering
Keywords
employment; engineering education; gender issues; natural sciences; United States; engineering; science; women; Biology; Computer science; Consumer products; Economic forecasting; Environmental economics; Government; Mathematics; Physics; Productivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location
Kansas City, MO
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6424-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2000.897678
Filename
897678
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