Title :
Looking to the future: women in science and engineering
Author :
Moskal, Barbara M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Abstract :
As a result of the overall decrease in enrolment in science related fields and recent economic expansions, the United States is experiencing a shortage of trained scientists and engineers. One manner in which to increase the pool of scientists and engineers is to increase the participation of women in these fields. The purpose of this paper is discuss the progress that has been made and the issues that still need to be addressed in order to attract women to the fields of science and engineering
Keywords :
employment; engineering education; gender issues; natural sciences; United States; engineering; science; women; Biology; Computer science; Consumer products; Economic forecasting; Environmental economics; Government; Mathematics; Physics; Productivity;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location :
Kansas City, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6424-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2000.897678
