US WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 1960-1990 - PROGRESS TOWARD EQUITY

Authors
BARBER LA
Citation
La. Barber, US WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 1960-1990 - PROGRESS TOWARD EQUITY, The Journal of higher education, 66(2), 1995, pp. 213-234
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
The Journal of higher education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221546
Volume
66
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
213 - 234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1546(1995)66:2<213:UWISAE>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
In this article I review thirty years of statistics on women's partici pation in science and engineering training and explore the reasons why , although the pool of potential women scientists has steadily increas ed with time, there has been no increase in the percentage of women fr om this pool who elect to pursue scientific careers.