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Title To recruit and advance : women students and faculty in science and engineering / Committee on the Guide to Recruiting and Advancing Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 131 pages) : illustrations (some color), color charts
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Recruiting women students -- Retaining women students -- Recruiting women faculty -- Retaining women faculty -- Advancing women faculty -- Advancing women to executive positions -- Conclusion.
Summary Although more women than men participate in higher education in the United States, the same is not true when it comes to pursuing careers in science and engineering. To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in Science and Engineering identifies and discusses better practices for recruitment, retention, and promotion for women scientists and engineers in academia. Seeking to move beyond yet another catalog of challenges facing the advancement of women in academic science and engineering, this book describes actions actually taken by universities to improve the situation for women. Serving as a guide, it examines the following: Recruitment of female undergraduate and graduate students; Ways of reducing attrition in science and engineering degree programs in the early undergraduate years; Improving retention rates of women at critical transition points from undergraduate to graduate student, from graduate student to postdoc, from postdoc to first faculty position; Recruitment of women for tenure-track positions; Increasing the tenure rate for women faculty; and, Increasing the number of women in administrative positions. This guide offers numerous solutions that may be of use to other universities and colleges and will be an essential resource for anyone interested in improving the position of women students, faculty, deans, provosts, and presidents in science and engineering.
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Subject Women in science -- United States.
Women in science.
United States.
Women scientists -- United States.
Women scientists.
Science -- Vocational guidance -- United States.
Science -- Vocational guidance.
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Women in engineering -- United States.
Women in engineering.
Women engineers -- United States.
Women engineers.
Engineering -- Vocational guidance -- United States.
Engineering -- Vocational guidance.
Engineering -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Engineering -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Guide to Recruiting and Advancing Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia.
Other Form: Print version: To recruit and advance. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006 0309095212 0309547156 (DLC) 2006016786 (OCoLC)70060944
ISBN 0309547156 (electronic book)
9780309547154 (electronic book)
0309095212 (paperback)
9780309095211 (paperback)