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==Statistics - USA== |
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The percentage of female graduate students in engineering in 2001 was 20%.<ref>''[http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cwse/S_E_stats.pdf Data on Women in S&E]'' p. 4, [http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/cwsem/index.htm Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine].</ref> Doctoral degrees awarded to women in engineering increased from 11.6% to 17.6% of total degrees awarded between 1995 and 2004.<ref>[http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06308/pdf/tab2.pdf Table 2. Doctorates awarded to women, by field of study: 1995–2004] in [http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06308/ S&E Doctorate Awards: 2004], National Science Foundation.</ref> The workforce remains as the area of highest under representation for women; only 11% of the engineering workforce in 2003 were women.<ref>[http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/pdf/tabh-5.pdf TABLE H-5. Employed scientists and engineers, by occupation, highest degree level, and sex: 2006] in [http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/ Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering] (January 2009), National Science Foundation.</ref> |
The percentage of female graduate students in engineering in 2001 was 20%.<ref>''[http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cwse/S_E_stats.pdf Data on Women in S&E]'' p. 4, [http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/cwsem/index.htm Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine].</ref> Doctoral degrees awarded to women in engineering increased from 11.6% to 17.6% of total degrees awarded between 1995 and 2004.<ref>[http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06308/pdf/tab2.pdf Table 2. Doctorates awarded to women, by field of study: 1995–2004] in [http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06308/ S&E Doctorate Awards: 2004], National Science Foundation.</ref> The workforce remains as the area of highest under representation for women; only 11% of the engineering workforce in 2003 were women.<ref>[http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/pdf/tabh-5.pdf TABLE H-5. Employed scientists and engineers, by occupation, highest degree level, and sex: 2006] in [http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/ Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering] (January 2009), National Science Foundation.</ref> |
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[[Robogals]] is a student-run organisation that aims to address this problem, by sending university students to schools to engage and educate young girls in robotics, to spark a substantial interest for girls to enrol in science and technology related courses at a tertiray level. <ref>http://robogals.org/</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 09:22, 15 January 2011
Statistics - USA
The percentage of female graduate students in engineering in 2001 was 20%.[1] Doctoral degrees awarded to women in engineering increased from 11.6% to 17.6% of total degrees awarded between 1995 and 2004.[2] The workforce remains as the area of highest under representation for women; only 11% of the engineering workforce in 2003 were women.[3]
Robogals is a student-run organisation that aims to address this problem, by sending university students to schools to engage and educate young girls in robotics, to spark a substantial interest for girls to enrol in science and technology related courses at a tertiray level. [4]
See also
- Ecole Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, where women were targeted by a mass murderer because they were female engineering students
- List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in engineering
- Women in Computing
- Women in science
- Women in the workforce
References
- ^ Data on Women in S&E p. 4, Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
- ^ Table 2. Doctorates awarded to women, by field of study: 1995–2004 in S&E Doctorate Awards: 2004, National Science Foundation.
- ^ TABLE H-5. Employed scientists and engineers, by occupation, highest degree level, and sex: 2006 in Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (January 2009), National Science Foundation.
- ^ http://robogals.org/