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A continuing problem regarding gender equity in higher education in the United States is attracting and retaining women in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. For example, only 20% of the science and engineering faculty at four-year colleges and universities are women.1 Within certain disciplines such as mathematics and physics, the numbers are dramatically smaller.
Press Release, National Science Foundation: NSF Announces Institutional Transformation Awards Under “ADVANCE”. 9.10.2001 (Noting that less than 20% of this faculty are women).
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Dworkin, T.M., Kwolek-Folland, A., Maurer, V., Schipani, C.A. (2008). Pathways to Success for Women Scientists in Higher Education in the US. In: Grenz, S., Kortendiek, B., Kriszio, M., Löther, A. (eds) Gender Equality Programmes in Higher Education. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91218-9_6
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