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WOMEN IN THE CHEMICAL WORKFORCE
A WORKSHOP REPORT TO THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES ROUNDTABLE |
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Chemical Sciences Roundtable, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications |
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Paperback |
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£26.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
030907293X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780309072939 |
| Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
17 January, 2000 |
| Pages: |
158 |
| Description: |
The workshop, "Women in the Chemical Workforce," aims to address issues pertinent to the chemical and chemical engineering workforce as a whole, with an emphasis on the advancement of women. This title includes reports regarding the workshop's three sessions - Context and Overview, Opportunities for Change, and Conditions for Success. |
| Synopsis: |
For a period of history no women worked outside the home. Bust as years have gone by and society has changed, Women are working varying jobs every day. They are, however, underrepresented in some sectors of jobs. This includes women in the engineering and science fields. To matters worse, women do not ascend the career ladder as fast as or as far as men do. The impact of this and related problems for science, the academic enterprise, the U.S. economy, and global economic competitiveness have been recently examined. The Chemical Sciences Roundtable evaluate that the demographics of the workforce and the implications for science and society vary, depending on the field of science or engineering. The roundtable has organized a workshop, "Women in the Chemical Workforce," to address issues pertinent to the chemical and chemical engineering workforce as a whole, with an emphasis on the advancement of women.Women in the Chemical Workforce: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable includes reports regarding the workshop's three sessions-Context and Overview, Opportunities for Change, and Conditions for Success-as well as presentations by invited speakers, discussions within breakout groups, oral reports from each group. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
National Academies Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |