The borderlands of education : Latinas in engineering / / Michelle Madsen Camacho and Susan M. Lord

• Autore: Camacho Michelle Madsen <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2013]; New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.4/820008968073
• Soggetto topico: Hispanic American women - Education (Higher) - United States; Sex discrimination against women - United States; Sex discrimination in higher education - United States; Women engineers - Education - United States; Hispanic American women - Education (Higher); Sex discrimination against women; Sex discrimination in higher education; Women engineers - Training of
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Altri autori: LordSusan M. <1965->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-141) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The borderlands of education -- Exclusionary borderlands : race, gender, and engineering education -- Debunking the myths : trajectories of Latinas in engineering -- Voices of Latinas in engineering -- Crossing borders : opportunities and challenges.
• Sommario/riassunto: Why are there so few Latina engineers and what is the potential for change given demographic shifts of the Latino population? This interdisciplinary, mixed-methods approach offers a new paradigm for examining the crisis of Latinas in engineering (a field that remains 82% male), illuminating the nuanced and multiple exclusionary forces that shape the culture of engineering and its borderlands.
• Titolo autorizzato: The borderlands of education
• ISBN: 1-9787-3204-X; 0-7391-7559-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910959443103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II