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2 People Behind the Statistics
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From page 18... ... In the postdoctoral phase, where researchers are typically faced with five to six years of heavy workloads accompanied by low pay and a very difficult, uncertain path to a tenure-track job, this path must compete with science and engineering jobs in industry that are well paying and offer a more reasonably balanced workload. Vaughn called for stronger mentorship among women of 18 This session was moderated by Joan Bennett, professor of plant biology and pathology, Rutgers University, and member, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia. Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... She envisioned a network -- most likely online -- where experienced women contribute their experience and offer guidance to the new talent rising through the ranks. PROFESSOR Gilda Barabino, professor of biomedical engineering and associate chair for graduate studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology spoke on her experience over the course of her career thus far. Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... Barabino concluded with a quote from Audre Lorde, calling on women of color to be forces for change: "As women we have been taught either to ignore our differences, or to view them as causes for separation and suspicion rather than as forces for change." DEAN Evelynn Hammonds, dean of Harvard College at Harvard University, spoke on the retention of outstanding faculty and the importance of institutional culture as well as resources provided to individual faculty. She began with an example of an outstanding woman scientist of color who left her tenure-track position at Harvard in favor of an institution whose climate and culture would provide the support she needed. Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... She urged deans to hold faculty accountable for making sure that all talented STEM students succeed. She urged decision makers in academia not to delay taking action simply because the numbers in our existing data sets are small, stressing that institutions have the information they need to take action now. Read the entire page →

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... In the postdoctoral phase, where researchers are typically faced with five to six years of heavy workloads accompanied by low pay and a very difficult, uncertain path to a tenure-track job, this path must compete with science and engineering jobs in industry that are well paying and offer a more reasonably balanced workload. Vaughn called for stronger mentorship among women of 18 This session was moderated by Joan Bennett, professor of plant biology and pathology, Rutgers University, and member, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia.

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... She envisioned a network -- most likely online -- where experienced women contribute their experience and offer guidance to the new talent rising through the ranks. PROFESSOR Gilda Barabino, professor of biomedical engineering and associate chair for graduate studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology spoke on her experience over the course of her career thus far.

Read the entire page →

From page 20...

... Barabino concluded with a quote from Audre Lorde, calling on women of color to be forces for change: "As women we have been taught either to ignore our differences, or to view them as causes for separation and suspicion rather than as forces for change." DEAN Evelynn Hammonds, dean of Harvard College at Harvard University, spoke on the retention of outstanding faculty and the importance of institutional culture as well as resources provided to individual faculty. She began with an example of an outstanding woman scientist of color who left her tenure-track position at Harvard in favor of an institution whose climate and culture would provide the support she needed.

Read the entire page →

From page 21...

... She urged deans to hold faculty accountable for making sure that all talented STEM students succeed. She urged decision makers in academia not to delay taking action simply because the numbers in our existing data sets are small, stressing that institutions have the information they need to take action now.

Read the entire page →

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2 People Behind the Statistics Pages 18-21

2 People Behind the Statistics
Pages 18-21