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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Leslie Fisher |
| ISBN: | 9780761837954 0761837957 |
| OCLC Number: | 238896117 |
| Description: | X, 114 S. : graph. Darst. |
| Contents: | Part 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Why are so few women in the STEM fields? Chapter 4 The mismeasure of scientific productivity Chapter 5 New ways of conceptualizing scientific productivity Chapter 6 Conclusions and policy recommendations Part 7 Appendix One: Measuring research productivity in a gender neutral way Part 8 Appendix Two: Data comparing countries in respect to women researchers Part 9 Index Part 10 About the Author |
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Worth reading. Summing Up: Recommended. CHOICE, January 2008 Independent scholar Fisher has startling facts and figures and asserts that at least part of the problem in attracting and retaining new scientists is that women are openly discouraged in the classroom, in the lab, and in the boardroom. He finds that filling the "scientist gap" requires taking a hard look at universities that cater exclusively to white males and a "publish or perish" academic system in which having a female first name will guarantee you will perish. Scitech Book News Read more...
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