Technology and Women (Social Behavioral Sciences Course Content): Taught by Engineering Technology Faculty

摘要

According to Hollis MacLean, Director of Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering & Mathematics, 34% of high school girls do not take senior math on the advice of a teacher or counselor. The United States Census Bureau (2000) and the National Science Board (2000) reported that while women constitute 51% of the United States population and 46% of the labor force, of 1,397,100 engineers reported to be in the United States workforce, in the fall of 1999, the percentage of employed female engineers was 10.6. See figure 1. This decrease, although for only one year, may represent an alarming trend. Only 18% of B.S. in engineering degrees awarded nationwide in 1997 were awarded to women. Why? Sex-role socialization.