Women have emerged as the most educated segment of our society over the past quarter
century, but large numbers still view technical fields as off-limits. Imagine the infusion of …

The past few years have, in some ways, been discouraging for advocates of gender diversity
in engineering. The share of engineering jobs held by women has not increased …

BACKGROUND Despite 30 years of efforts to increase women's (and minorities')
representation in the US engineering workforce, women's gains have actually eroded in the …

Despite intensive recruiting efforts by engineering schools and professional societies, the
number of women employed as engineers in the United States has never reached 10%. This …

Research on women in engineering confirms the presence of gender barriers that affect the
recruitment and retention of women in engineering. These barriers stop some women from …

Although the overall percentage of women receiving degrees in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields has increased in the US during the last three …

The need to increase the number of underrepresented groups in engineering is a moral as
well as socioeconomic imperative. Women have been traditionally underrepresented in …

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 …

Women in engineering and science are remarkable, in part, simply because they are so few
in number. Despite the progress of recent decades, compared to men, a relatively small …

Women have made substantial employment gains in business, law, medicine, and
behavioral sciences during the past generation, but there has not been a corresponding …