Title :
Spirit: University of Stuttgart´s life-cycle-based gender-mainstreaming-concept
Author :
Burr, Barbara ; Göhner, Peter ; Ressel, Wolfram ; Schlicht, Wolfgang ; Jeschke, Sabina
Author_Institution :
Center for Inf. Technol., Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
In spite of social and political efforts to achieve equal opportunities, women remain a minority in natural sciences, technical and related fields. We hereby present the gender concept of the University of Stuttgart. First, the steps for promotion of female students within natural sciences and technical fields are developed.
Keywords :
educational institutions; equal opportunities; gender issues; natural sciences; social sciences; University of Stuttgart; equal opportunities; female students; gender concept; life-cycle-based gender-mainstreaming-concept; natural sciences; political efforts; social efforts; technical fields; Area measurement; Automation; Computer industry; Coordinate measuring machines; Cultural differences; Educational technology; Equal opportunities; Information technology; Mechanical engineering; Software engineering; diversity studies; female academic education; gender concept; women in natural sciences and engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Education Engineering (EDUCON), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6568-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6570-5
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492489
