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Who Will Do the Science of the Future? : A Symposium on Careers of Women in Science.
Title:
Who Will Do the Science of the Future? : A Symposium on Careers of Women in Science.
Author:
Staff, National Academy of Sciences.
ISBN:
9780309501705
Physical Description:
1 online resource (104 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- OVERVIEW -- WELCOME -- PLENARY PANEL I: THE NEXT GENERATION: SCIENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS -- Speaker Introductions -- A Plan, A Strategy for K-12 -- Mentoring Minority Women in Science: Special Struggles -- Controversy, The Internet, and Deformed Frogs: Making Science Accessible -- PLENARY PANEL II: AN IN-DEPTH VIEW OF COMPUTER SCIENCE -- Speaker Introductions -- The Declining Percentage of Women in Computer Science: An Academic View -- Women in Information Technology: A View from Industry -- PLENARY PANEL III: STRATEGIES AND POLICIES TO RECRUIT, RETAIN, AND ADVANCE WOMEN SCIENTISTS -- Speaker Introductions -- A Tentative Theory of Unconscious Discrimination Against Women in Science -- The Mentoring Program for Women in Mathematics -- Strategies and Policies to Recruit, Retain, and Advance Women Scientists -- PLENARY PANEL IV: ADVANCING WOMEN INTO SCIENCE LEADERSHIP -- Speaker Introduction -- Advancing Women Into Science Leadership -- Closing Remarks -- Question and Answer Comments -- Panel I -- Panel II -- Panel III.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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