Retaining undergraduate women in science, engineering, and technology : a survey of a student organisation
Autor/in:
Wasburn, Mara H.; Miller, Susan G.
Quelle: Journal of college student retention, Vol. 6 (2004) No. 2, S. 155-168
Inhalt: "National Council for Research on Women finds that much of the progress that women
have made in science, engineering, and technology has stalled or eroded. As we enter
the new millennium, there will be an increasing need for a scientifically and technologically
literate workforce. A student organization, Women in Technology, was formed at Purdue
University-West Lafayette in 1998 in response to data indicating that there had been
no increase in the number of women enrolled in the University's School of Technology
over the past five years. Such data were consistent with those produced by national
studies indicating that the trend of increasing numbers of women enrolling in engineering,
science, and technology programs in American colleges and universities, established
in the preceding two decades, had ceased. The aim of Women in Technology was to attract
more women to the School, and reduce the attrition rate of women already in the program
by serving as a well-recognized, formal context in which they could receive mentoring
and in which they could find stable social support to help them achieve their academic
and career objectives. This article discusses an overview of the organization, the
results of a survey of members' undergraduate classroom experiences, student-generated
strategies for addressing the concerns revealed in the survey, and the implementation
of those strategies." (author's abstract)|
CEWS Kategorie:Studium und Studierende, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
"Like a family": what works to create friendly and respectful student-faculty interactions
Autor/in:
Whitten, Barbara L.; Foster, Suzanne R.; Duncombe, Margaret L.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 10 (2004) No. 3, S. 229-242
Inhalt: "The physics community has been concerned about low participation by women for many years. Although some progress has been made, the percentage of women in undergraduate physics is less than half that in mathematics and chemistry. The authors conducted site visits to nine undergraduate physics departments, five with high participation by women and four that are typical of the national average, to learn "what works" in attracting and retaining women as undergraduate physics majors. The results show that friendly and informal relationships between faculty members and students are crucial. These relationships are counterproductive, however, when faculty members transgress appropriate student-faculty boundaries. The authors analyze visits to historically Black colleges and universities, which are extraordinarily productive of female scientists, to learn what works in their department cultures. The authors draw on these site visits to describe models of healthy, supportive, and respectful relationships between faculty members and students." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Studium und Studierende
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Intending to stay : images of scientists, attitudes toward women, and gender as influences on persistence among science and engineering majors
Autor/in:
Wyer, Mary
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 9 (2003) No. 1, S. 1-16
Inhalt: "Contemporary research on gender and persistence in undergraduate education in science and engineering has routinely focused on why students leave their majors rather than asking why students stay. This study compared three common ways of measuring persistence-commitment to major, degree aspirations, and commitment to a science or engineering career-and emphasized factors that would encourage students to persist, including positive images of scientists and engineers, positive attitudes toward gender equity in science and engineering, and positive classroom experiences. A survey was administered in classrooms to a total of 285 female and male students enrolled in two required courses for majors. The results indicate that the different measures of persistence were sensitive to different influences but that students' gender did not interact with their images, attitudes, and experiences in predicted ways. The study concludes that an individual student's gender may be a more important factor in explaining why some female students leave their science and engineering majors than in explaining why others stay." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Studium und Studierende, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Women in science - or are they?
Autor/in:
Hodgson, Barbara
Quelle: Physics education, Vol. 35 (2000) No. 6, S. 451-453
Inhalt: "The disappointingly small number of girls studying science was highlighted in this journal 20 years ago. This article looks at progress in bringing girls into science education and women into science-based employment." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Studium und Studierende, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Attracting graduate and undergraduate women as science majors
Autor/in:
Didion, Catherine Jay
Quelle: Journal of college science teaching, Vol. 22 (1993) No. 6, S. 336-368
Inhalt: "The article describes a mentoring program conducted by the Association for Women
in Science. The purpose of the project is to counteract the many factors that discourage
students and decrease their retention in science." (author's abstract)|