Women in Engineering and Science by Subject (Index of Abstracts)

Some headings do not yet contain as many resources as others. This is manifest of the page's temporary infancy yet continual expansion and development. We will add resources and studies as they become known to us; your suggestions are warmly encouraged.

Attitudes

Attrition factors

Education

Undergraduate

Graduate

Student performance

Faculty

Employment

Industry

Academia

Cultural Values

Intervention

Value of Role Models

Studies addressing more than one area

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Attitudes

Gender Differences in Student Performance and Attitudes

This article discusses findings from a study comparing men and women addressing their attitudes towards their education, gender differences in academic performance and the differences in their persistence in the field.

Does Your Organization Welcome Diversity?

This article by Dr. Lee Gardenswartz and Dr Anita Towe, conclude that organizations that accepted a diverse pool of employees performed better than those that didn't.

Female Friendly Science

In this article by Sue Rosser, she proposes a new format of curricular content and teaching techniques to help increase the number of women in science fields.

A report on the Glass Ceiling Initiative

This report, by Lynn Martin from the U.S Department of Labor, states that a "glass ceiling" exists against women and minorities and discusses the causes and solutions for this problem.

Experiencing Technical Work A Comparison of Male and Female Engineers

This article by Lotte Bailyn - Sloan School Of Management, and Dr. Dalia Etzion, Graduate School Of Business, Tel Aviv University, discusses the result of a study on the differences between males and females experiencing technical work.

Identifying Special Advising Needs of Women Engineering Students

This article by Vivian Anderson, discusses the barriers women have toward success. The study revealed the lack women have in advice and counseling.

Women Science Majors: What Makes a Difference in Persistence after Graduation?

The abstract discusses the reason for the continuous low number of women in the science and engineering fields.

Schools Discourage Women Scientists.

This article, from The Scientist by Roger Johnson, comments on the teaching methods of college professors and how they affect male and female students disproportionately to switch into non-science majors.

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Attrition Factors

High Attrition Rates Among Science and Engineering Undergraduate Majors

Here are abstracts from the book Factors Contributing to High Attrition Rates Among Science & Engineering Undergraduate Majors.

Factors encouraging/discouraging persistence

This section of the "A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention: Gender Differences in Student Performance and Attitudes" comments on the differences between men and women attitudes in switching out of S&E majors.

They're Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier

This article by Sheila Tobias comments on research that show that some students perform poorly because they do not responding well to traditional teaching methods.

Why Have All the Women Gone?

The book by Anne E. Preston, discusses the exit rate of women from science and engineering professional occupations to other fields or the labor force all together.

Attrition Rates Among Female Science & Engineering Undergraduate Majors.

This book by Dr.Nancy Hewitt and Dr. Elaine Seymour. show the differences between men and women from why they choose S&E majors, the effectiveness of teaching methods to why they switch from those majors.

Women in Science and Engineering.

This article from American Scientist in 1991, by Stephen Brush, discusses factors concerning why the number of science and engineering degrees earned by women is still far below the number earned by men.

Cultural Values

Comparisons Across Cultures

Science's Women in Science '94 feature article contains cross-cultural information on women in science.

Education

Female Friendly Science

In this article by Sue Rosser, she proposes a new format of curricular content and teaching techniques to help increase the number of women in the science fields.

The Sci & Eng Education Infrastructure

Women in Science and Engineering

This article discusses factors to why the number of science and engineering degrees earned by women is still far below the number earned by men.

Educational Pipeline Issues for Women

Engendering Equity: Fostering Success Among Women and Minorities

This article by Debra Clingingsmith comments on the decrease of women enrolling into computer science courses and discusses the reasons and possible solutions.

Improving the Academic Environment for Women Engineering Students Through Faculty Workshops.

This article which appeared in The Journal of Engineering Education, Jan 95, states five reasons why women are discouraged with engineering and offers ways to change this through workshops.

Identifying Special Advising Needs of Women Engineering Students.

This article from July/August 1995 of Journal of College Student Development by Vivian Anderson, discusses the barriers women face toward success. The study revealed the lack women have of advice and counseling.

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Undergraduate

Promoting Undergraduate Studies in Sci & Eng

This abstract stresses the need to generate interest in S&E fields from women starting from their pre-college years and retaining their interest through programs in their undergraduate studies.

Attrition Rates Among Sci & Eng Undergraduate Majors

This abstract from the book by Dr. Nancy Hewitt and Dr. Elaine Seymour comment on the similarity of problems faced by those who switched majors to those who didn't.

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Graduate

Promoting Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies in Sci & Eng

This abstract an an article by Joan Sherry discusses model intervention programs sponsored by universities, companies and other societies and foundations.

AAAS Presidential Lecture: Voices from the Pipeline

This article by Shelia Widnall predicts a growing diverse pool of science and engineering baccalaureates in the future and also comments on the surveys on the process of graduate education seen from a student's perspective.

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Student performance

Gender Differences in Student Performance and Attitudes

This article discusses findings from a study comparing men and women addressing their attitudes towards their education, gender differences in academic performance and the differences in their persistence in the field.

College Women's Performance in a Math-Science Curriculum

In College & In College & University,Elizabeth S. Johnson comments on the differences between men and women in the relevance of their SAT scores and their academic performance in college. University,Elizabeth S. Johnson comments on the differences between men and women in the relevance of their SAT scores and their academic performance in college.

Failure Rates of Black and Hispanic Students in Calculus

This lecture discusses the results of a project that analyzed why students failed Calculus with focus on study habits of the different ethnic groups.

They're Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier

This article by Sheila Tobias comments on research that show that some students perform poorly because they do not responding well to traditional teaching methods.

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Faculty

Students Comment on Bad Teaching in Sci & Eng Majors

This is a compilation of student comments on bad teaching by Dr. Nancy Hewitt and Dr. Elaine Seymour.

The Role Model Argument and Faculty Diversity

This article stresses the need for role models in the faculty for minorities and also comments on the decrease in excellence of the faculty usually assumed to be associated with it.

Employment

Promoting Sci & Eng Careers in the Federal Government

Linda Skidmore Dix comments on the Federal Government's recruiting and retention initiatives for women in S&E fields.

NSF Report Reveals Gender Gap in All Categories of PhD Salaries.

Edward Siverman, in his article from The Scientist, Aug. 991, discusses the results of a survey which revealed the difference in salary and opportunity between men and women.

A report on the Glass Ceiling Initiative.

This report, which appeared in 1991, by Lynn Martin from the U.S Department of Labor, states that a "glass ceiling" exists against women and minorities and discusses the causes and solutions for this problem.

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Industry

Co-op Education: Inside and Out

This article by Stephen Zepezauer, appeared March, 1993 comments on the transition between school and the workforce and the advantages of Co-op programs.

Benefits of Diversity in the Science and Engineering Workforce

This chapter of the book by Linda S. Wilson states that diversity is important in the workplace and efforts to remove barriers should be made.

Promoting Sci & Eng Careers in Industry

This article by Esther M. Conwell states the low number of women in S&E fields and comments that this will change as the importance of diversity in the workforce is recognized.

Tapping the Power of a Diverse Workforce

This article by Patricia Galagan discusses the future workforce as one of diversity and comments on the changes that will occur.

Academia

Promoting Sci & Eng Careers in Academe

Garrison Sposito stresses the need for intervention to increase the low percentage of women in science and engineering faculties.

NSF Report Reveals Gender Gap in All Categories of Ph.D. Salaries

This article by Edward Siverman discusses the differences in salary and opportunities given to females in a survey of PhD scientists.

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Intervention programs  

Learning From Failed Programs

Calvin Sims analyzes thy programs aimed to help minorities have failed in the past in order to increase the effects of such programs in the future.

Science and Engineering Programs: On Target for Women?

Abstracts of a study done by the National Research Council dealing with education and careers for women can be found here.

Effectiveness of Intervention Models

This article discusses the different types of intervention models and their effects.

Improving the Academic Environment for Women Engineering Students Through Faculty Workshops

This article which appeared in The Journal of Engineering Education, Jan 95, states five reasons why women are discouraged with engineering and offers ways to change this through workshops.

Increasing the Effectiveness of General Engineering Recruitment Strategies

This is a report by Jane Zimmer Daniels and Mitch Warren highlighting the results of the efforts Purdue University made to increase the participation of women in engineering programs.

NRC Study: Women Scientists and Engineers in Industry Why so Few?

This is a report by the Committee of Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE) which appeared in National Academy Press in 1994.

Female Friendly Science.

In this article from Journal of General Education, 1993, Sue Rosser proposes a new format of curricular content and teaching techniques to help increase the number of women in science fields.

Women Scientists, Engineers Seek More Equitable Industrial Environment

This article is a report on the second annual conference of the National Research Council's (NRC) Committee on Women in Science and Engineering (CSWE) which discuss possible plans to improve the industrial environment for women.

Becoming a computer scientist: a report by the ACM committee on status of women...

Maintained by CPSR. This report by the Association of Computer Machinery in 1990 discusses the problem of women being under represented in computer science.

 

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The value of role models

The Role Model Argument and Faculty Diversity

This article stresses the need for faculty role models for minorities and also comments on the decrease in excellence of the faculty usually assumed to be associated with it.

Black Issues in Higher Education

This article by Ed Wiley III stresses the need to emphasize teaching and placing more value on mentoring, guidance and the resistance against satisfying it.

List of African-American Inventors

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Studies addressing more than one of the above areas

Career Patterns

This is chapter four of Science and Engineering Programs: On Target for Women? discusses the similarities in what women face in in industry or academe.

Women Scientists and Engineers in Industry. Why so Few?

This is a report by the Committee of Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE) which appeared in National Academy Press in 1994.

Gender Differences in Student Performance and Attitudes.

This article which appeared in Journal of Engineering Education in April 1995, discusses the findings from a study comparing men and women in their attitudes towards their education academic performance and in their persistence in the field.

Does Your Organization Welcome Diversity?

This article which appeared in June 1993, by Dr. Lee Gardenswartz and Dr Anita Towe, conclude that organizations that accepted a diverse pool of employees performed better than those that didn't.

The Technicolor Workplace.

This article by Bonita L. Betters-Reed and Lynda L. Moore appeared in 1993 and discusses the over generalized assumptions between European Women and women of color in the workplace.

Engendering Equity: Fostering Success Among Women and Minorities.

This article from June 1993, by Debra Clingingsmith comments on the decrease of women enrolling into computer science courses and discusses the reasons and solutions for it.

Why Have All the Women Gone?

The book by Anne E. Preston, discusses on the exit rate of women from science and engineering professional occupations to other fields on the labor force all together.

NRC Study: Women in Science & Engineering: Increasing Their Numbers. This book by the National Research Council (NRC) discusses the results of a study in 1991 of women in science and engineering from precollege environment to career patterns and plans to increase the number of women in such fields.

Comparisons Across Cultures

Women in Science '94 feature article contains cross-cultural information on women in science.

Gender Issues in Physics/Sciences Education (opens in new window)

Annotated references by Jeffry Mallow and Richard Hake.