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StatusofWomeninMathema0cs,Canada
Dr.JennaP.Carpenter1stVicePresident,MAA
FoundingDeanofEngineeringCampbellUniversity
Outline
• Data:WhatdotheNumbersSay?– WomenUndergraduateandGraduateStudentsintheMathema0calSciences
– WomenFacultyintheMathema0calSciences
• Issues:WhatdoesResearchSay?• Ques0ons• Resources
Data:STEMUnderGradDegrees
0%20%40%60%80%
100%120%
NHSSurvey,2011,25-34yearsold
Men
Women
Data:STEMGradStudents
0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00%70.00%80.00%90.00%
Math&PhysSciMS,Canadians&PR
%Women
%Men
Data:STEMGradStudents
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Math&PhysSci,PhD,Canadians&PR
%Women
%Men
Data:WomenFaculty
WomenFaculty,Science,McMaster
Issues
• ImplicitorUnconsciousBias– WomenarealwayslesslikelytomajorinSTEM,regardlessofmathema.calability.– Only23%ofwomeninthethreehighestcategoriesofPISAscores(outofsix)choseaSTEMmajor.– 39%ofmeninthethreelowestcategoriesofPISAscoreschoseSTEM.
Issues
• StereotypeThreat– StudentswhochoseSTEMhadhigherPISAscoresatage15thanthosewhochosenon-STEM.
– WomenwhochoseSTEMhadanaveragemathPISAscoreof588,comparedwith565forthosewhochosesocialscience.
– MenwhochoseSTEMhadascoreof597,versus585forthosewhochosesocialscience.
– MentendedtohavehigherPISAscoresthanwomenonaverage(589versus569).
Issues
• Self-ConfidenceandGrowthMindset– StudentswithhighermathmarksinhighschoolweremorelikelytochooseSTEMatuniversity.
– Morethan40%ofwomenwithmarksof90%to100%choseSTEM,versus11%ofwomenwithmarksunder80%.
– MenweremorelikelytooptforSTEM,eveninlower-markscategories.
– Morethan30%ofmenwithmarksunder80%choseSTEM.
– Womenwithmathmarksofatleast90%ingrade9or10werelesslikelytochooseSTEMthanmenwithmarksinthe80%to89%range.
Resources
• WhySoFew:WomeninScience,Technology,EngineeringandMathema0cs,AAUW,C.Hill,C.Corbea,A.St.Rose,2010,hap://www.aauw.org/research/why-so-few/
• TheFourFrames:AFrameworkforPromo0ngGenderEquityinOrganiza0ons,WEPAN,haps://www.wepan.org/news/224377/A-Framework-for-Promo0ng-Gender-Equity-in-Organiza0ons.htm(adaptedfromCGOInsights,BriefingNoteNo.1,SimmonsGraduateSchoolofManagement)
Resources
• ADVANCEingFacultyProgram,LouisianaTechUniversity,OWISELibrary,hap://www.advance.latech.edu/index.php?op0on=com_content&view=ar0cle&id=35&Itemid=63
• “Engineering:WherearetheGirlsandWhyaren’tTheyHere?”J.Carpenter,TEDxMonroe,WomeninSTEMWhoRock!,DreamBoxLearning,Oct.2015,hap://www.dreambox.com/blog/women-in-stem-who-rock-plus-top-10-websites-to-get-girls-psyched-about-stem
References
• Genderdifferencesinscience,technology,engineering,mathema0csandcomputerscience(STEM)programsatuniversity,DarcyHango,Sta.s.csCanadahap://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-006-x/2013001/ar0cle/11874-eng.htm
• WhereAretheWomenProfessorsinCanada’sMathandScienceDepartments?M.Kuzmin,A.Motskin,Z.Gallinger,The10and3,Jan.29,2015,hap://www.the10and3.com/where-are-the-women-professors-in-canadas-math-and-science-departments/
References
• WOMENINSCIENCEANDENGINEERINGINCANADA,CorporatePlanningandPolicyDirectorateNaturalSciencesandEngineeringResearchCouncilofCanadaOaawa,Ontario,Canada,November2010,hap://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Reports-Rapports/Women_Science_Engineering_e.pdf
• Womenfaculty,nowandinthefuture:BuildingexcellenceatMcMasterUniversity,”CharloaeYates,EquityTaskForce,January2014,hap://www.mcmaster.ca/vpacademic/documents/Yates_Report_on_Gender_Equity_January_2014.pdf