A new report highlights family - friendly policies and adherence to Title IX by U.S. universities and the federal government as the keys to
keeping women in science careers.
Keeping Women in the Science Pipeline.
Not exact matches
Well, if you're talking about what he said about
women in science, I think he should have
kept that for a purely academic discussion — if he wanted to have an academic discussion about it — and not have done it
in circumstances
in which it could become public.
Isolation, subtle discrimination and inherent gender differences could be
keeping women underrepresented
in the «hard»
sciences and tech
Malcom listed interventions that can improve
women's participation
in science, such as STEM education programs for girls, prizes that recognize
women scientists, international collaboration among and recognition of
women in science,
women's organizations and conferences and programs that examine policies that
keep women out of leadership roles.
«But hopefully when it's something as important as the health of pregnant
women in the United States we can
keep most of our attention focused where it should be, which is on the
science and on the proven steps we know should be taken to
keep people safe.»
Other strategies that could stimulate
women to stay
in science are a) various forms of flexibility with federal - grant funding designed to accommodate
women with young children
keeping these
women in the game; b) increasing the value of teaching, service, and administrative experience
in the tenure / promotion evaluation process; c) providing on - campus childcare centres; d) supporting requests from partners for shared tenure lines that enable couples to better balance work and personal / caretaking roles; e) stopping the tenure clock for one year per child due to childbearing demands; f) providing fully - paid leave for giving birth for tenure track
women for one semester; g) providing equal opportunity for
women and men to lead committees and research groups.
Though the former is a
science fiction series about friendship and other dimensions
in a small Indiana town, the latter is the love story between a mute
woman and an amphibious sea creature
kept in a government lab.
With limited opportunities
in higher education for
women and the gate -
keeping of scientific institutions like AAAS, which was all - male until 1850,
science was largely a male - dominated field.