Women in Science and Engineering: Improving Participation and Performance in Doctoral Programs

科学与工程领域的女性：提高博士课程的参与度和表现

• 批准号: 9153995
• 负责人: Herbert Fusfeld
• 金额: $ 23.08万
• 依托单位: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-08-15 至 1994-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9153995&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Women; Science; Engineering; Improving; Participation

NOTE: This is a collaborative project with the Pennsylvania State University. Hence, the same abstract is cited with both projects. The study aims to determine the departmental conditions and programs that do and do not work to improve the participation and performance of women in doctoral education--thus addressing the critical national problem of human resources in science. Its purpose is to identify and assess organizational factors--such as entry into area of specialty, inclusion in or exclusion from the culture of the workplace, and the role of evaluative factors--that affect the participation of women in doctoral education, their retention, reported satisfaction, publication productivity, and job placement. The project is a cross disciplinary analysis of women's success in doctoral education in physics, chemistry, biology, electrical engineering, and computer science, focusing upon the departmental environment. The study employs in-depth interviews, institutional analyses, and surveys of quantitative indicators at three types of departmental sites: (1) departments with significant programs in place to remedy problems women face in academic science--the vantage point of programs; (2) departments that have made objectively notable improvements in the participation of women (in the absence of programs); and departments that have made no progress in raising the enrollment levels and graduation rates of women students--also the vantage point of outcomes. The research is relevant to policy intervention at the doctoral stage of science education for women; (1) it encourages creation of a critical mass of women faculty in academic science and engineering; (2) it revises the image of high level careers in science and engineering for women from an anomalous to a more "normal" role, thereby enhancing the incentive of achievement among younger people.//

注：这是一个与宾夕法尼亚州立大学合作的项目。因此，两个项目都引用了相同的摘要。这项研究旨在确定哪些部门的条件和计划有助于提高女性在博士教育中的参与度和表现，从而解决关键的国家科学人力资源问题。其目的是确定和评估组织因素--如进入专业领域、纳入或排除工作场所文化以及评价因素的作用--这些因素影响妇女参加博士教育、留住她们、报告的满意度、出版生产力和就业安置。该项目是对女性在物理、化学、生物、电气工程和计算机科学领域的博士教育取得成功的跨学科分析，重点是院系环境。这项研究采用了深入的访谈、制度分析和对三类部门站点的量化指标的调查：(1)有重大计划以补救女性在学术科学中面临的问题的部门--计划的有利之处；(2)在客观上在妇女参与方面取得显著改善的部门(在没有计划的情况下)；以及在提高女学生入学率和毕业率方面没有取得任何进展的部门--这也是成果的制高点。这项研究与女性科学教育博士阶段的政策干预有关；(1)它鼓励在学术科学和工程领域创造足够数量的女性教师；(2)它将女性在科学和工程领域高水平职业的形象从不正常的角色修正为更“正常”的角色，从而增强年轻人的成就动机。//