Barriers & Challenges to Advancement

The stigma for women to pursue STEM careers starts at an early age. Stereotypes about the difficulty of certain subjects and subtle cultural and societal cues about “masculine” and “feminine” subject matter discourage girls from pursuing these studies. Also, technology toys and video games tend to be designed and marketed for boys rather than girls. According to the National Center for Women and Information Technology, high school girls associate computer science with “male geeks,” and tend to avoid science and technology clubs and activities. In higher education and STEM careers, women often report feeling isolated, marginalized and hampered by a lack of female mentors and role models. More effort is needed to encourage women to pursue advanced studies and careers in STEM through networking, hiring more women into positions of seniority and instituting parent-friendly advanced degree programs and research projects.

Why So Few?

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 4:09pm
Member Organization: 
American Association of University Women
Date/Time: 
03/25/2010

In an era when women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law, and business, why are there so few women scientists and engineers?

Drawing upon a large and diverse body of research, AAUW’s report provides compelling evidence of environmental and social barriers—including gender bias, stereotypes, and the climate within college and university science and engineering departments—that continue to limit women’s participation and progress.

Conversation with Debra Facktor Lepore: Challenges for Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 1:43pm
Member Organization: 
Center for Entrepreneurial Women’s Leadership

Conversation with Debra Facktor Lepore: Challenges for women in Science, Engineering, and Technology.   

The Gannon Center and EVOKE present Half the Sky with Sheryl WuDunn

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 2:55pm
Member Organization: 
Ann Ida Gannon Center for Women and Leadership
Date/Time: 
03/23/2010

The 2010 Ann F. Baum Women and Leadership Speaker Series

 

More women in finance, a more sustainable economy

Submitted by afiorino on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 2:01pm

As has been pointed out with increasing frequency, a certain group think has been widely blamed for the economic crisis we find ourselves in today. Studies indicate that women are more comprehensive thinkers and less attracted to excessive risk than are their male peers.
 

URL: 
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/0624/p09s02-coop.html

The Ever Increasing Majority of Women Graduates

Submitted by afiorino on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 1:05pm

According to a recent OECD report, Higher Education to 2030, women will become an even larger majority of the graduate talent pool in only one decade. Companies are already having to ensure that they don’t swing the gender balance too far in favor of women. However, it must be noted that women primarily study the social sciences, while men study engineering.
 

URL: 
http://www.20-first.com/778-0-trend-of-women-as-the-majority-of-talented-will-continue.html

Thirty-Three Years of Women in S&E Faculty Positions

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 5:42pm

The relatively low proportion of women in academic science and engineering (S&E) has been the topic of numerous recent books, reports, and workshops. Data for 2006 show that women continue to constitute a much lower percentage of S&E full professors than their share of S&E doctorates awarded in that year. Even in psychology, a field heavily dominated by women, women were less than half of all full professors, even though they earned well more than half of doctorates in 2006.

URL: 
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08308/
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