Career choices of female engineers : a summary of a workshop / 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, National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council of the National Academies.
Contributor(s): Frueh, Sara [rapporteur]
| National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Career Outcomes of Female Engineering Bachelor's Degree Recipients | National Academy of Engineering | National Academy of Engineering Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: x, 92 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, 1 color map ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780309305815 (paperback); 0309305810.Subject(s): Women in engineering -- United States -- Congresses | Women engineers -- United States -- Congresses | Women in engineering -- United States -- Statistics -- Congresses | Women engineers -- United States -- Statistics -- Congresses | Engineering -- Vocational guidance -- United States -- Congresses | Engineering -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Congresses | Interdisciplinary approach in education -- United States -- Congresses | I WISH Foundation Women's STEM ProjectDDC classification: 305.4362 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 305.4362 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00218087 |
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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.
Introduction -- Career outcomes of women engineering bachelor's degree recipients -- Stemming the tide: why women leave engineering -- Discussion on retaining technical talent: data needs, critical, transitions and career pathways -- Technical women in small and medium businesses -- Closing discussion.
"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.
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