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1 online resource (xxii, 221 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Gender differences and similarities in abilities / Janet Hyde -- Sexual dimorphism in the developing brain / Jay Giedd -- Environment-genetic interactions in the adult brain: effects of stress on learning / Bruce McEwen -- Biopsychosocial contributions to cognitive performance / Diane Halpern -- Implicit and explicit gender discrimination / Mahzarin Rustum Banaji -- Contextual influences on performance / Toni Schmader -- Interactions between power and gender / Susan Fiske -- Social influences on science and engineering career decisions / Yu Xie -- Moving beyond the "chilly climate" to a new model for spurring organizational change / Joan Williams -- Economics of gendered distribution of resources in academe / Donna Ginther -- Bias avoidance in the academy : challenges, opportunities, and the value of policies / Robert Drago -- Gendered organizations: scientists and engineers in universities and corporations / Joanne Martin -- Recruitment practices / Angelica Stacy -- Reaching into minority populations / Joan Reede -- Creating an inclusive work environment / Sue Rosser -- Successful practices in industry / Kellee Noonan -- The economics of gender differences in employment outcomes in academia / Donna Ginther -- Biopsychosocial contributions to cognitive performance / Diane Halpern -- Women in science and mathematics: gender similarities in abilities and sociocultural forces / Janet Shibley Hyde -- Creating an inclusive work environment / Sue V. Rosser -- Long time no see: why are there still so few women in academic science and engineering? / Joan C. Williams -- Social influences on science and engineering career decisions / Yu Xie -- Policy and praxis: advancing women in higher education and influencing outcomes / Florence Bonner and Vernese Edgeh -- Successful academic women in the Americas: human and social capital descriptors / Miguel R. Olivas-Lujan [and others] -- Science is foundation for leadership / Gloria Scott -- Work-family policies in academia as resources or rewards / Roberta Spalter-Roth -- Case studies from the female engineering professoriate / Monica Young -- The role of informal organizational structures on women in the health sciences / Amber Barnato and Pamela Peele -- How do female and male faculty members construct job satisfaction? / Diana Bilimoria [and others] -- A good place to do science: creating and sustaining a productive, inclusive work environment for female and male scientists / Diana Bilimoria, C. Greer Jordan and Susan R. Perry -- An integrated coaching and mentoring program for university transformation / Diana Bilimoria [and others] -- Up against the glass: gender and promotion at a technological university / Cheryl Geisler [and others] -- Women in academic physics and astronomy / Rachel Ivie -- Faculty horizons: recruiting a diverse faculty / Mary Ellen Jackson [and others] -- Diversity in STEM disciplines: the case of faculty women of color / Delia Saenz and Allecia Reid -- Initiatives to increase recruitment, retention and advancement of women in science and engineering disciplines at Kansas State University / Ruth Dyer and Beth A. Montelone -- Effective practices for STEM faculty diversity / Lisa Frehill [and others] -- NSF ADVANCE at the UW-Madison: three success stories / Jo Handelsman [and others] -- Institutional transformation at Virginia Tech / Peggy Layne, Patricia Hyer and Elizabeth Creamer -- Institutional transformation at the University of Michigan / Janet Malley, Pamela Raymond and Abigail Stewart -- Scientifically correct: speaking to scientists about diversity / Nancy Martin, Beth Mitchneck and William McCallum -- Working to increase the success of women scientists in academia / Geralidine L. Richmond -- Leadership workshops to effect cultural change / Eve A. Riskin [and others] -- ADVANCE: successful recruitment of women to STEM at UCI / Tammy Smecker-Hane [and others]. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women in science -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Women in science -- Social aspects. |
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Women in science. |
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Women scientists -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Women scientists. |
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Social aspects. |
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Women in engineering -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Women in engineering. |
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Women engineers -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Women engineers. |
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Science. |
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Women. |
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Engineering. |
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Congress.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering (U.S.)
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Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.)
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
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National Academy of Engineering.
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Biological, social, and organizational components of success for women in academic science and engineering. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006 0309100410 9780309100410 (DLC) 2006933601 (OCoLC)76814118 |
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9780309654517 (electronic book) |
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0309654513 (electronic book) |
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0309100410 (book) |
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9780309100410 (book) |
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