Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: Upping the Numbers

COPYRIGHT......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 17
PART I Women and minorities in STEM: the big picture......Page 19
1. Women and minorities in STEM: a primer......Page 21
2. Keys to success for women in science......Page 46
PART II Experiences of women and minorities in STEM......Page 63
3. The good, the bad and the ugly: women engineering students’ experiences of UK higher education......Page 65
4. Myths and realities in the IT workplace: gender differences and similarities in climate perceptions......Page 89
5. Voices of the future: African-American PhD candidates in the sciences......Page 109
6. Women in the land of milk, honey and high technology: the Israeli case......Page 119
7. An empirical test of the glass ceiling effect for Asian Americans in science and engineering......Page 146
PART III Building interest and commitment to STEM......Page 175
8. Women in mathematics: examining the hidden barriers that gender stereotypes can impose......Page 177
9. Attracting the engineers of 2020 today......Page 202
10. Developing career commitment in STEM-related fields: myth versus reality......Page 228
PART IV Enriching the educational experience......Page 261
11. Achieving greater diversity through curricular change......Page 263
12. Undergraduate student support programs......Page 294
PART V Improving the professional experience......Page 333
13. The representation and experience of women faculty in STEM fields......Page 335
14. Upstream and downstream in the engineering pipeline: what’s blocking US women from pursuing engineering careers?......Page 352
Index......Page 381