Women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics : upping the numbers / edited by Ronald J. Burke, Mary C. Mattis.

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, [2007], ©2007.

xvii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Women and minorities in STEM : a primer / Ronald J. Burke -- Keys to success for women in science / Donna J. Dean & Anne Fleckenstein -- The good, the bad and the ugly : women engineering students' experiences of UK higher education / Abigail Powell, Barbara Bagilhole & Andrew Dainty -- Myths and realities in the IT work place : gender differences and similarities in climate perceptions / Debra A. Major, Donald D. Davis, Janice Sanchez-Hucles, Heather J. Downey & Lisa M. Gemano -- Voices of the future : African-American PhD candidates in the sciences / Daryl E. Chubin -- Women in the land of milk, honey and high technology : the Israeli case / Ronit Kark -- An empirical test of the glass ceiling effect for Asian Americans in science and engineering / Tina T. Chen & James L. Farr -- Women in mathematics : examining the hidden barriers that gender stereotypes can impose / Jennifer R. Steele, Leah Reisz, Amanda Williams & Kerry Kawakami -- Attracting the engineers of 2020 today / Susan Staffin Metz -- Developing career commitment in STEM-related fields : myths versus reality / Helen M. Madill, Rachel G. Campbell, Dallas M. Cullen, Margaret-Ann Armour, Albert Einsiedel, Anna-Lisa Ciccocioppo, Jody Sherman, Leonard L. Stewin, Stanley Varnhagen, T. Craig Montgomerie, Cynthia J. Rothwell & Wendy L. Coffin -- Achieving greater diversity through curricular change / Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac & Jeffrey P. Jarosz -- Undergraduate student support programs / Bevlee A. Watford -- The representation and experience of women faculty in STEM fields / Xiangfen Liang & Diana Bilimoria -- Upstream and downstream in the engineering pipeline : what's blocking US women from pursuing engineering careers? / Mary C. Mattis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.