Why Aren't There More Women Engineers?.

Meinholdt, Connie; Murray, Susan L.

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ERIC Number: EJ608777

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Why Aren't There More Women Engineers?

Meinholdt, Connie; Murray, Susan L.

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, v5 n3 p239-63 1999

Presents results of a campus survey that suggests that many male engineering students have negative attitudes toward women, are generally more confident about their success in engineering, and receive more support from peers and mentors than do women. (Contains 34 references.) (Author/WRM)

Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Engineering Education, Engineers, Females, Higher Education, Males, Self Esteem, Sex Bias, Sex Fairness, Sex Stereotypes, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Needs, Student Subcultures

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires

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Language: English

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