Explores how science and scientists were produced and reproduced within the setting of a university biology department. Explores the reflexive questions of whether increased female representation in science changed science practice and whether changing science practice increased women's representation in science. (Contains 54 references.)…

Presents a case study of two graduate women in a chemistry department at a large research university. Examines the relationship between key factors of their work environment and the high attrition rate of graduate women in the department. (Contains 51 references.) (Author/YDS)

Explores the perceptions of gifted girls with regard to how the family, home, and school environments influenced their choices to take extracurricular science classes. Uses qualitative and quantitative methods to measure girls' attitudes toward science. Specifically addresses gender differences of gifted girls and women in engineering. (Contains…

Examines achievement-related beliefs among a group of (n=238) college students in engineering (38 female, 104 male) and non-engineering majors (57 female, 39 male) to understand why women enter engineering majors at a lower rate and are more likely than men to leave such majors. (Contains 41 references.) (Author/YDS)

Examines the relationship between gender attributions of science and academic attributes for undergraduate science, mathematics, and technology majors from the perspective of gender schema theory. (Contains 32 references.) (Author/YDS)

Investigates 22 Hispanic students majoring in science or engineering, their career choices, and the factors that lead them to success in majors that have historically discouraged female and minority students. (Contains 59 references.) (Author/YDS)

Evaluates survey responses from almost (n=400) Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE) awardees from fiscal years 1997-2000 to elucidate problems and opportunities identified by female scientists and engineers. (Contains 25 references.) (Author/YDS)

Examines the effects of single-sex middle school science and mathematics classrooms with high minority enrollment on achievement, affect, peer, and teacher-student interactions. Reports that overall, all-boy classes were less supportive learning environments than all-girl classes. (Contains 37 references.) (Author/YDS)

Introduces a residential summer program, the New Experiences for Women in Science and Technology (Newton) Academy, which was developed to encourage high school girls' interest in the physical sciences and engineering. Reports the results of a follow-up evaluative study of the 1998 Newton Academy participants one year after participation. (Contains…

Examines the influence of the family on women's achievement in scientific careers in the sub-Saharan African and Caribbean regions. Concludes that when compared with their North American and European counterparts, there are significant differences in the family experiences of African and Caribbean women scientists. (Author/SAH)

Female mathematics and physics graduate students participating in focus groups identified common themes that played important roles in their decisions to go into scientific careers. These factors included the amount of encouragement they received from others, attributes of their undergraduate school, their experiences of competition and…

Discusses problems women academic scientists in India face because of gender. Women scientists are aware of how their position in the academy is different from that of men but have not made efforts to address their problems collectively. States that these women have a feminist perspective of a kind but have been disassociated from the women's…

Explores issues of gender and personal life that arose during discussions with women scientists about factors contributing to their success in completing training and pursuing an academic career. Issues include gender discrimination, perception of reverse discrimination, efforts toward assisting junior women in science, and the possibility that…

Using a nationally representative sample of college faculty from a wide array of science disciplines, this study investigates links between organizational conditions and women's representation on college faculties. Results indicate that although the female doctoral labor supply and political constraints are powerful factors in representation,…