Women in Science and Engineering: Increasing Their Numbers in the 1990s A Statement on Policy and Strategy (1991) / Chapter Skim
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6. Strategic Plan for Increasing the Numbers of Women in Science and Engineering
6. Strategic Plan for Increasing the Numbers of Women in Science and Engineering
Pages 105-114
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It also reveals that the situation is only ~mprov~g slowly. Not only do female scientists and engineers represent a small proportion of the total technical and professional population, but their abilities and training are also often diverted from scientific activity.
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. encouraging the development of reliable outcome measures to assess the specific contribution of programs that enhance the flow of women into S&E careers; and fostering the development of finer measures of labor force adjustment, including tracking the career paths of postdoctoral personnel; 106
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. stimulate research on issues relevant to women scientists and engineers, by establishing study panels that can explore some subset of these issues in greater depth; monitor the progress of efforts to increase the participation of women in scientific and engineering careers, through workshops and conferences; brief appropriate officials on matters leading to the development of programs for women in science and engineering; and disseminate current data about the participation of women in science and engineering to broad constituencies in academe, government, industry, and professional societies, through the services available at the National Research Council.
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Among suggestions for retaining women in science and engineering at various levels of the education/employment pipeline are the following: * providing financial assistance (for example, forgivable loan programs for students to complete graduate degree pro108
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ano equal access lo scuolars~p resources; increasing the number and percentage of women with teaching and research assistantships; hiring junior and senior science majors to staff assistant positions; and increasing the number and percentage of women in science-related cooperative and intern programs (Connelly and Porter, 1978~. These programs should be sensitive to sociocultural differences in order to attract and retain ethnic groups currently underrepresented in science and engineering.
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The Committee, perhaps in conjunction with federal agencies for which OSEP administers postdoctoral research associateship programs, will study the present status of postdoctorals by sex, race/ethnicity, and academic discipline, induding * comparisons of fellowship versus research associateship appointments; quality of postdoctoral experience; size of stipends and the effects of stipends on beginning professional salaries, by field; length of time in postdoctoral appointments; and relation of postdoctoral experience to future permanent employment.
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Because larger numbers of women are moving into industry, where a great shortage of personnel is predicted, the Committee will assist the industrial sector in taking steps to accommodate women and in making their careers ~do-able" in the industrial context. Because the achievement and recognition of women scientists and engineers differs by country, the Committee on Women in Science and Eng~neenng will examine government policies in the United States and abroad that have stimulated successful careers for women science and engineering, which in turn have increased the visibility of women scientists and engineers in universities, national laboratories, industry, and advisory posts.
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The Committee will work with the media and the larger scientific community to develop strategies by which they can improve the public image of science and engineering and increase the interest of young people in these fields. One such project might be the development of a teenage science series patterned after the Nancy Drew mystery theme.
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The Committee will serve as a resource on highly qualified female scientists and engineers, relying on the Panelists File maintained in OSEP on individuals recommended to serve on the selection panels for the fellowship and associateship awards that OSEP administers. The biographical data include recent research topics.
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In conclusion, the Committee stresses that while much is known about the participation of women in scientific and engineering careers and while we can derive great satisfaction over the improvements that have occurred in recent years, much remains to be accomplished. Deeper discussions of all issues delineated above should occur between practicing scientists and engineers, their professional societies, employers, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Congress, and the media, so as to meet head-on the challenges that face the United States in maintaining a competitive work force.
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