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

注：这是一个与宾夕法尼亚州的合作项目 州立大学。 因此，两者引用的是同一摘要。 项目 这项研究旨在确定部门的条件， 这些计划对提高参与度和 妇女在博士教育中的表现-从而解决 科学人力资源的关键国家问题。 其 目的是确定和评估组织因素，如 进入专业领域，列入或排除在 工作场所的文化，以及评估因素的作用， 影响妇女接受博士教育的因素， 保留，报告满意度，出版生产力和工作 安置 该项目是一个跨学科的分析妇女的 在物理，化学，生物学， 电子工程和计算机科学，专注于 部门环境。 这项研究采用了深入访谈， 机构分析和量化指标调查， 三种部门网站：（1）部门， 制定了重要方案，以解决妇女在以下方面面临的问题： 学术科学--项目的Vantage;（2）部门 在客观上取得了显著的进步， 妇女的参与（在没有方案的情况下）;以及 扩招无进展的院系 女生的水平和毕业率-也是女生的Vantage 点的结果。 这项研究与政策干预有关， （1）鼓励妇女接受博士阶段的科学教育; 在学术科学领域培养足够数量的女教师 （2）它修正了高级职业的形象， 科学和工程对女性的影响从异常到更 “正常”的作用，从而提高了成就的激励， 年轻人//

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.//