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Attitudes
Attrition factors
Education
Undergraduate
Graduate
Student performance
Faculty
Employment
Industry
Academia
Cultural Values
Studies addressing more than one area
Intervention
Value of Role Models

Attitudes

Gender Differences in Student Performance and Attitudes: This article discusses findings from a study comparing men and women addressing their attitudes towards their education, gender differences in academic performance and the differences in their persistence in the field.
Does Your Organization Welcome Diversity?: This article by Dr. Lee Gardenswartz and Dr Anita Towe, conclude that organizations that accepted a diverse pool of employees performed better than those that didn't.
Female Friendly Science: In this article by Sue Rosser, she proposes a new format of curricular content and teaching techniques to help increase the number of women in science fields.
A report on the Glass Ceiling Initiative: This report, by Lynn Martin from the U.S Department of Labor, states that a "glass ceiling" exists against women and minorities and discusses the causes and solutions for this problem.
Experiencing Technical Work A Comparison of Male and Female Engineers: This article by Lotte Bailyn - Sloan School Of Management, and Dr. Dalia Etzion, Graduate School Of Business, Tel Aviv University, discusses the result of a study on the differences between males and females experiencing technical work.
Identifying Special Advising Needs of Women Engineering Students: This article by Vivian Anderson, discusses the barriers women have toward success. The study revealed the lack women have in advice and counseling.
Women Science Majors: What Makes a Difference in Persistence after Graduation?: The abstract discusses the reason for the continuous low number of women in the science and engineering fields.

Attrition Factors

High Attrition Rates Among Science and Engineering Undergraduate Majors: Here are abstracts from the book Factors Contributing to High Attrition Rates Among Science & Engineering Undergraduate Majors.
Factors encouraging/discouraging persistence: This section of the "A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention: Gender Differences in Student Performance and Attitudes" comments on the differences between men and women attitudes in switching out of S&E majors.
They're Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier: This article by Sheila Tobias comments on research that show that some students perform poorly because they do not responding well to traditional teaching methods.
Why Have All the Women Gone?: The book by Anne E. Preston, discusses the exit rate of women from science and engineering professional occupations to other fields or the labor force all together.

Cultural Values

Comparisons Across Cultures: Science's Women in Science '94 feature article contains cross-cultural information on women in science.

Education

Female Friendly Science: In this article by Sue Rosser, she proposes a new format of curricular content and teaching techniques to help increase the number of women in the science fields.
The Sci & Eng Education Infrastructure
Women in Science and Engineering: This article discusses factors to why the number of science and engineering degrees earned by women is still far below the number earned by men.
Educational Pipeline Issues for Women
Engendering Equity: Fostering Success Among Women and Minorities: This article by Debra Clingingsmith comments on the decrease of women enrolling into computer science courses and discusses the reasons and possible solutions.

Undergraduate

Promoting Undergraduate Studies in Sci & Eng: This abstract stresses the need to generate interest in S&E fields from women starting from their pre-college years and retaining their interest through programs in their undergraduate studies.
Attrition Rates Among Sci & Eng Undergraduate Majors: This abstract from the book by Dr. Nancy Hewitt and Dr. Elaine Seymour comment on the similarity of problems faced by those who switched majors to those who didn't.

Graduate

Promoting Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies in Sci & Eng: This abstract an an article by Joan Sherry discusses model intervention programs sponsored by universities, companies and other societies and foundations.
AAAS Presidential Lecture: Voices from the Pipeline: This article by Shelia Widnall predicts a growing diverse pool of science and engineering baccalaureates in the future and also comments on the surveys on the process of graduate education seen from a student's perspective.

Student performance

Gender Differences in Student Performance and Attitudes: This article discusses findings from a study comparing men and women addressing their attitudes towards their education, gender differences in academic performance and the differences in their persistence in the field.
College Women's Performance in a Math-Science Curriculum: In College & In College & University,Elizabeth S. Johnson comments on the differences between men and women in the relevance of their SAT scores and their academic performance in college. University,Elizabeth S. Johnson comments on the differences between men and women in the relevance of their SAT scores and their academic performance in college.
Failure Rates of Black and Hispanic Students in Calculus: This lecture discusses the results of a project that analyzed why students failed Calculus with focus on study habits of the different ethnic groups.
They're Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier: This article by Sheila Tobias comments on research that show that some students perform poorly because they do not responding well to traditional teaching methods.

Faculty

Students Comment on Bad Teaching in Sci & Eng Majors: This is a compilation of student comments on bad teaching by Dr. Nancy Hewitt and Dr. Elaine Seymour.
The Role Model Argument and Faculty Diversity: This article stresses the need for role models in the faculty for minorities and also comments on the decrease in excellence of the faculty usually assumed to be associated with it.

Employment

Promoting Sci & Eng Careers in the Federal Government: Linda Skidmore Dix comments on the Federal Government's recruiting and retention initiatives for women in S&E fields.

Industry

Co-op Education: Inside and Out: This article by Stephen Zepezauer, appeared March, 1993 comments on the transition between school and the workforce and the advantages of Co-op programs.
Benefits of Diversity in the Science and Engineering Workforce: This chapter of the book by Linda S. Wilson states that diversity is important in the workplace and efforts to remove barriers should be made.
Promoting Sci & Eng Careers in Industry: This article by Esther M. Conwell states the low number of women in S&E fields and comments that this will change as the importance of diversity in the workforce is recognized.
Tapping the Power of a Diverse Workforce: This article by Patricia Galagan discusses the future workforce as one of diversity and comments on the changes that will occur.

Academia

Women Scientists, Engineers Seek More Equitable Industrial Environment: This article is a report of the second annual conference of the National Research Council's (NRC) Committee on Women in Science and Engineering(CSWE). They discussed possible plans to improve the industrial environment for women.
Promoting Sci & Eng Careers in Academe: Garrison Sposito stresses the need for intervention to increase the low percentage of women in science and engineering faculties.
NSF Report Reveals Gender Gap in All Categories of Ph.d. Salaries: This article by Edward Siverman discusses the differences in salary and opportunities given to females in a survey of PhD scientists.

Studies addressing more than one of the above three areas

Career Patterns: This is chapter four of Science and Engineering Programs: On Target for Women? discusses the similarities in what women face in in industry or academe.
The Technicolor Workplace: This article discusses the over generalized assumptions between European Women and women of color in the workplace.

Intervention programs

Learning From Failed Programs: Calvin Sims analyzes thy programs aimed to help minorities have failed in the past in order to increase the effects of such programs in the future.
Science and Engineering Programs: On Target for Women?: Abstracts of a study done by the National Research Council dealing with education and careers for women can be found here.
Effectiveness of Intervention Models: This article discusses the different types of intervention models and their effects.
Improving the Academic Environment for Women Engineering Students Through Faculty Workshops: This article which appeared in The Journal of Engineering Education, Jan 95, states five reasons why women are discouraged with engineering and offers ways to change this through workshops.

The value of role models

The Role Model Argument and Faculty Diversity: This article stresses the need for faculty role models for minorities and also comments on the decrease in excellence of the faculty usually assumed to be associated with it.
Black Issues in Higher Education: This article by Ed Wiley III stresses the need to emphasize teaching and placing more value on mentoring, guidance and the resistance against satisfying it.
List of African-American Inventors