HR: 1330h
AN: ED22D-1258    [PDF]
TI: Changing Gender Demographics in Geosciences Since the 1970's
AU: * Ivie, R
EM: rivie@aip.org
AF: American Institute of Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 United States
AU: O'Riordan, C
EM: coriordan@agu.org
AF: AGU, 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009 United States
AU: Czujko, R
EM: rczujko@aip.org
AF: American Institute of Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 United States
AB: We will use data collected over the last 15 years to illustrate how the representation of women in the geosciences compares to other fields at both the bachelor's and PhD levels. An increasing proportion of those who earn academic degrees in almost all scientific fields including the geosciences are women. The percentages of women earning bachelor's degrees in specific fields within the geosciences and the number of women earning PhDs in the geosciences since the 1970s are both increasing. We will highlight the representation and trends of minority women among those earning degrees in the geosciences. Finally, we will propose some initiatives for policies that can help to increase the number women that study science and remain in scientific careers.
DE: 6600 PUBLIC ISSUES
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 6620 Science policy
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting