Blueprint for the future: framing the issues of women in science in a global context : summary of a workshop

Examination of the three disciplines-chemistry, computer science, and mathematics and statistics-can be considered a first foray into collecting and analyzing information that can be replicated in other fields. The complexity of studying science internationally cannot be underestimated, and the pres...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.) Committee On Status and Participation of Women In STEM Disciplines and Careers (Author)
Other Authors: Didion, Catherine Jay (Contributor), Frehill, Lisa M. (Contributor), Pearson, Willie 1945- (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, District of Columbia National Academies Press [2012]
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Summary:Examination of the three disciplines-chemistry, computer science, and mathematics and statistics-can be considered a first foray into collecting and analyzing information that can be replicated in other fields. The complexity of studying science internationally cannot be underestimated, and the presentations demonstrate some of the evidentiary and epistemological challenges that scholars and professionals face in collecting and analyzing data from many different countries and regions. Blueprint for the Future: Framing the Issues of Women in Science in a Global Context summarizes the workshop presentations, which provided an opportunity for dialogue about the issues that the authors have been pursuing in their work to date."--Publisher's description
Item Description:"In April 2011, an ad hoc committee overseen by the National Academies' standing Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM) convened a workshop entitled, "Blueprint for the future: framing the issues of women in science in a global context" in Washington, D.C.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (125 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780309225199
0309225191
9780309225205

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