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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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Published in:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 114; no. 4; pp. 109 - 131
Main Authors: Doty, Heather, Andreasen, Robin, Vican, Shawna
Format: Article
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Dec2025
Subjects:
STEM education
Gender inequality
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Scholarships
Government aid to research
Females
Social change
Sociology
United States
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