1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910815866203321

Titolo

Organizing for power : building a twenty-first century labor movement in Boston / / edited by Aviva Chomsky, Steve Striffler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, IL : , : Haymarket Books, , 2021

ISBN

1-64259-645-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 pages)

Disciplina

301.44420942

Soggetti

Labor movement - Massachusetts - Boston - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971140803321

Titolo

Beyond bias and barriers : fulfilling the potential of women in academic science and engineering / / Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2006

ISBN

9786610844326

9780309133654

0309133653

9781280844324

1280844329

9780309654548

0309654548

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

500.82/0973

Soggetti

Women in science - United States

Women in engineering - United States

Science - Study and teaching - United States

Engineering - Study and teaching - United States

Women - Education - United States

Vocational interests - United States



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Figures, Tables, and Boxes""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Learning and Performance""; ""3 Examining Persistence and Attrition""; ""4 Success and Its Evaluation in Science and Engineering""; ""5 Institutional Constraints""; ""6 Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Information""; ""Appendix B Statement of Task""; ""Appendix C Chapter 4, Measuring Racial Discrimination, Theories of Discrimination""; ""Appendix D References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The United States economy relies on the productivity, entrepreneurship, and creativity of its people. To maintain its scientific and engineering leadership amid increasing economic and educational globalization, the United States must aggressively pursue the innovative capacity of all of its people--women and men. Women make up an increasing proportion of science and engineering majors at all institutions, including top programs such as those at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where women make up 51% of its science undergraduates and 35% of its engineering undergraduates. For women to participate to their full potential across all science and engineering fields, they must see a career path that allows them to reach their full intellectual potential. Much remains to be done to achieve that goal--Summary, p. S-1.