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Plenary IV: Advancing Women Into Science Leadership
Plenary IV: Advancing Women Into Science Leadership
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As Chief Executive Officer, Chancellor Greenwood oversees a comprehensive teaching and research institution with combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 11,000 matriculated students and an annual budget of $265 million. In addition to her position as Chancellor, Dr.
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Chancellor Greenwood is the past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the National Science Board, and a member of the Institute of Medicine.
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There are still very few in the institution, yet in all honesty, Rockefeller provided me with a quality learning environment and mentoring environment, and an environment that built passion and challenged me to grow intellectually.
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Setting the Context: Women in Business and Government The situation for women in the biological sciences, my specific topic for today, is somewhat better than the circumstances already described in computer science, mathematics, and the physical sciences. Indeed, the landscape for women in the biological sciences for quite some time has been better than in many other disciplines.
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The Ascendance of Women in Science and Higher Education Let me spend the remainder of my time focusing on the topic of science, and underscoring some of the critical issues for women in my own disciplinary area, the biological sciences. Our nation's leadership in all areas of science is, in part, dependent on how well we develop our available talent pool.
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Biological Science Degrees Awarded to Women The challenges faced and lessons learned in the biological sciences provide an instructive model for other sciences (Figure 11~. The information available is encouraging.
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Women's interest at the college level has been generally high for some time now. For example, in 1966, women received roughly one-third of these ..
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Thus, it is clear that women are interested in studying biological sciences, and they are demonstrating great persistence and success academically in these fields. Women in the Biological Sciences Job Market Entry, participation, and success at various levels of education are certainly not the only critical indexes to consider.
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.. women has slowly increased, from about 8 percent throughout the 1970s, to about 18 percent by 1995.
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This trend appears to indicate that more and more women are poised to take leadership roles in the biological sciences. Examining the trends among faculty, collapsed across all SHE fields, sheds additional 35 30 25 20 Al c' Al 15 10 1973 light on the issue of women's ascent in science (Figures 14, 15, and 16~.
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Thus, while it might be expected that disciplines with large numbers of women would have higher rates of female membership to their NAS sections, the membership numbers are far closer to expectations once the historic data are taken into consideration. Again, it is worth reiterating the more recent increases of women in a range of science disciplines, especially at the tenure-track and tenured level.
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Employment of Female Biological Scientists Finally, it is worth examining the professional opportunities available to, and pursued by, women in the biological sciences. While there has been much talk recently of the "overproduction" of Ph.D.s, it is equally clear many talented young scientists in all demographic groups are finding nontraditional careers to be rewarding, both financially and intellectually, and they are enjoying the challenges of bringing their disciplinary knowledge to new (and possibly more appreciative)
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Indeed, the pejorative and stigmatizing attitudes towards alternative careers at times seems to be intractable. Showing True Leadership More than half of the students attending college and receiving bachelor's degrees are now females.
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Science has done this, in great part, through human creativity, innovation, collaboration, and tenacity. It is now for the science leadership to ponder and discuss how best to protect and develop the human resource to ensure a future that will benefit us all.
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