Climbing the ladder : an update on the status of doctoral women scientists and engineers / Committee on the Education and Employment of Women in Science and Engineering, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council.

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Climbing the Ladder -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA SOURCES -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS -- CHAPTER 1 FACTORS AFFECTING THE SUPPLY OF DOCTORAL WOMEN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS -- HISTORICAL PATTERNS AND THEIR REFLECTIONS -- SCIENTIFIC ABILITY -- TRENDS IN MATH AND SCIENCE PREPARATION IN COLLEGE -- TRENDS IN GRADUATE EDUCATION -- 1. Persistence and attrition -- 2. “Parity� at the doctoral level -- CHAPTER 2 THE SUPPLY OF WOMEN DOCTORATES -- MINORITY WOMEN IN SCIENCE -- INSTITUTIONAL ORIGINS

Age at ph.d.graduate school support patterns -- predoctoral employment -- marital status -- plans after the ph.d. -- labor force participation -- chapter 3 postdoctoral training -- reason for taking a postdoctoral appointment -- marital status and postdoctoral patterns -- host institutions -- postdoctoral stipends -- chapter 4 women scientists and engineers in academe -- academic vs. nonacademic employment -- full-time and part-time employment -- numbers of women faculty -- sex distribution of faculty appointments -- off-ladder positions

HIRING AND PROMOTION OF JUNIOR FACULTYTENURE DECISIONS -- ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS -- FACULTY SALARIES -- GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5 DOCTORAL WOMEN IN INDUSTRY -- INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALE PH. D.S -- GROWTH OF PH. D. PERSONNEL -- JOB CHOICES FOR RECENT WOMEN DOCTORATES -- TYPE OF POSITION HELD -- SALARIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- What is the Survey of Earned Doctorates? -- What uses are made of the Survey data?

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