Recruiting and keeping women students and faculty in engineering: a case study of women at the University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Author

Soudek, Ingrid H.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

29-31 Jul 1999

Firstpage

231

Lastpage

241

Abstract

The University of Virginia (USA) did not admit undergraduate women into its College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science until 1970. Since that time the undergraduate engineering student body has grown to 26% female and the women faculty to 13.5% in 1998, and close to 15% in 1999; these are among the highest percentage rates in major engineering schools in the nation. Using the UVa Engineering School as case study, the paper points to successful strategies to draw women into engineering and also calls for further action to increase the presence of women in engineering to a more representational level

Keywords

employment; engineering education; gender issues; human factors; professional aspects; University of Virginia; case study; engineering faculty; female undergraduate; female-friendly; major engineering schools; recruitment; undergraduate engineering student body; undergraduate women; women faculty; women students; Art; Cities and towns; Communications technology; Computer aided software engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Equal opportunities; Recruitment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technology and Society, 1999. Women and Technology: Historical, Societal, and Professional Perspectives. Proceedings. 1999 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

New Brunswick, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5617-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISTAS.1999.787338

Filename

787338