Today, more women are entering scientific fields than ever before, energized by challenges
and intellectual inquiry at the boundaries of the unknown. They follow pathways forged by …

Based primarily on a conference, this book examines the need for interventions to increase
the number of US students, both males and females, pursuing careers in the sciences and …

Despite some concerted attention and resources devoted to recruitment and retention of
women in engineering over the last couple of decades, they are still woefully …

Monica Healy always had a flair for mathematics. As a child growing up in the suburbs near
Washington, DC, she liked math and consistently did well in math classes, scoring in the …

As US competitiveness is increasingly challenged on all sides, the forced attrition of women
from the science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) workforce represents …

At the end of a special meeting held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in January
2001, a statement released on behalf of the most prestigious US research universities …

The National Science Foundation developed the awards program known as ADVANCE to
attract and retain women in the science and engineering department. The program supports …

To better understand the barriers and discouragements encountered by female faculty
members in science and engineering, this article compares the experience of National …

The number of women in science and engineering is growing, yet men continue to
outnumber women, especially at the upper levels of these professions. In elementary …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• This “wittily illustrated [and] accessible volume”(The Wall
Street Journal) highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science …