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Title Who will do the science of the future? : a symposium on careers of women in science / National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 87 pages) : illustrations
Series Compass series
Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
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 SCIENTISTSSpeaker 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
Notes Papers presented at a symposium of the 136th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Women in science -- Congresses
Women scientists -- Vocational guidance -- Congresses
Women scientists -- Congresses
Women.
Science.
Women
Science
sciences (philosophy)
women (female humans)
science (modern discipline)
SCIENCE -- Essays.
SCIENCE -- Nanoscience.
SCIENCE -- Reference.
Women
Science
Women in science
Women scientists
Women scientists -- Vocational guidance
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Women in Science and Engineering.
ISBN 0309501709
9780309501705