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125 Index A AASCU. See American Association of State Colleges and Universities AAUP.
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126 INDEX Big sister/little sister programs, 59 Black female students, 18–23, 37 Bridging programs, developing, 39 Bring Your Daughter to Work Day, 36 Bryn Mawr College, 105 C Candidates casting a broader net to identify, 81–82 improving the positions of, 83–84 Career Day for Girls, 36 Carnegie Corporation, 106 Carnegie Mellon University, 56 Celebration of women in computing, 59 Center for Policy Analysis, 107 Challenges, faced by female students and faculty, 5–8, 30, 55, 77, 93, 103, 111– 112 Chicana students, 18–23 Child care policies establishing, 45, 82–83 reinforcing, 95 Chronicle of Higher Education, 102 Committee on Graduate Education, 66 Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) , 11, 68 Committee on the Guide to Recruiting and Advancing Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia, 1 Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research, 42 Committee on Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE)
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INDEX 127 Family-friendly policies, 27, 45–46 Feedback, providing constructive, 68 Freshmen intending to major in S&E, by race/ethnicity, gender, and field, 20–24 Funding for graduate students. See also Research assistantships providing secure, 67–68 G Gender disparities, in U.S.
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128 INDEX MIT. See Massachusetts Institute of Technology MLI.
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INDEX 129 Recruiting women students, 14–47 challenges of, 14–30 strategies for, 30–47 Research assistantships, 43 Research questions, 8–9 Research time, of women faculty, inadequate protection of, 89–90 Resources, determining equity of access to, 45 Retaining women graduate students, 65–68 improving mentoring, 66–67 increasing professional socialization, 67 providing constructive feedback, 68 providing secure funding for graduate students, 67–68 signaling the importance of women, 65– 66 Retaining women postdoctoral fellows, 68– 69 Retaining women students, 3, 48–70 challenges of, 49–55 strategies for, 55–69 Retaining women undergraduate students, 55–65 establishing mentoring programs, 58–60 increasing engagement with women students, 61–63 increasing professional socialization, 63–65 making pedagogical changes, 60–61 signaling the importance of women, 56– 57 strengthening student advising, 57–58 Retention rates, women faculty facing lower, 88 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 62 S Salaries instituting regular studies to determine equity of, 45, 110 undertaking periodic reviews and adjustments of, 96 Science, 44 Science and engineering (S&E) enterprise, 1–3 doctoral degrees awarded to women, by field, 74–75 enhancing education and outreach efforts at the K-12 level, 33–35 female graduate students, by field, 26 national "talent" in finding talent for, 40 number of women receiving degrees in, 28 preparation for, 51–52 showing interest in high school, 48 Search process for applicants, broadening, 35–36 changing to help women advance to executive positions, 107 diversifying committees for, 81 Service, limiting among junior faculty, 95– 96 Sexual harassment instituting sensitivity programs for, 45, 83 reinforcing sensitivity programs for, 95 Smith College, 38 Social events, 36–38, 42–43, 59 Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
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130 INDEX modifying or expanding faculty recruitment programs, 81–82 signaling the importance of women faculty, 78–80 Strategies for recruiting women students, 30–47 graduate student recruitment, 39–43 policies to enhance, 2–3 postdoctoral recruiting, 43–46 undergraduate student recruitment, 30– 39 Students. See also Graduate S&E students; Postdoctoral S&E students; Undergraduate S&E students; Women students strengthening advising of, 57–58 Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, 105 T Team-oriented courses, 60n Tenure-track faculty issues, 72 extending the tenure clock for women, 82 males and females tenured at top 50 U.S.
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INDEX 131 Women faculty, strategies for advancing, 1, 86–99. See also Policies and practices that advance women faculty engaging more fully in the institution, 54, 98 recruitment strategies, 85, 113 retention and advancement strategies, 94–99, 113 signaling the importance of women, 78– 80 Women in Engineering (WIE)
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