Economic Security - Expanding Women's Participation in US Science
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Professional Development |
| Discipline(s): |
Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity Engineering Management Entrepreneurship and Innovation General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Special Topic(s): |
Women and Information Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
| Author(s): |
Mark Zachary Taylor Sue Rosser |
| Description: | Paper published in Global Education, Harvard International Review, Vol. 30 (3) - Fall 2008 Issue. Abstract: "As US competitiveness is increasingly challenged on all sides, the forced attrition of women from the science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) workforce represents an annual cost of billions of dollars. This loss comes at a time when the United States is facing an absolute decline in entry-level engineers and growing rivalry from foreign innovators. Most discussions hold that gender equality is the primary benefit of, and reason for, getting more women into science. But this is not the primary benefit. Instead, the failure to expand women’s participation in science is not simply an issue of “feminism” or civil rights but increasingly a problem for US economic security." |
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| Keywords: | gender equity career advising competitiveness workplace family-friendly policy |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context (j) Integrate knowledge of contemporary issues |
| Use of Resource: |
Excellent review of issues as related to gender equity, economics and U.S. competitiveness. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very low |
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| Publication Date: | June 2009 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://hir.harvard.edu/index.php?page=article&id=1793 |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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