Reducing Barriers to Women in Academic STEM Fields: Strategies for Institutional Transformation.

The article discusses the underrepresentation of women in academic STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields in the United States and outlines strategies for institutional transformation to address this issue. Despite women earning over half of U.S. bachelor’s degrees, they represe...

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Publicado en:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 114; no. 4; pp. 109 - 131
Autores principales: Doty, Heather, Andreasen, Robin, Vican, Shawna
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press Dec2025
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        STEM education
        Gender inequality
        National Science Foundation (U.S.)
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        Government aid to research
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          STEM education
          Gender inequality
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