FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Learning and Performance -- 3 Examining Persistence and Attrition -- 4 Success and Its Evaluation inScience and Engineering -- 5 Institutional Constraints -- 6 Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Biographical Information -- Appendix B Statement of Task -- Appendix C Chapter 4, Measuring Racial Discrimination, Theories of Discrimination -- Appendix D References -- Index.