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Jude Garzolini, President of the Society of Women Engineers, says the findings also echo
her organization's work. "SWE has long been concerned with this issue, and for the past five
years has released a comprehensive annual review detailing the status
of women engineers in industry and academia." Perhaps these citations would lead to a
realization that this issue is not a trivial issue. The need of women partaking in engineering
should be apprehended and must be taken action on how to rally this deranged problem.
The need of women partaking in engineering should be apprehended and must be taken
action on how to rally this deranged problem. Can years of institutional bias and ongoing subtle
discrimination against professional women in science and engineering be fixed in 15 minutes?
We dont think so. The time may sound short, but according to two-thirds of the program's
participants surveyed, those messages of encouragement and advice translate to a substantial
base of support at critical moments in their academic pursuits. The voices of those working in the
trenches are often isolated and sometimes ignored, but women in the profession are hopeful that
the prestige of the National Academy of Sciences will finally be the catalyst for real change on a
widespread scale.
Bias against Women in Engineering and Science? It's Not News to Professionals Working
Against It Every Day
Lehr, Donald. Cost Engineering 48.10 (Oct 2006): 10-11.
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