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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Leaky Pipeline"”.
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Early Introduction of Computer Science Education in Minority Youth: A New Representation of Tomorrow's Engineers?
… external factors including allostatic load and a leaky pipeline contribute to a large underrepresentation of minorities in CS. Implementing CS education early and through multiple layers of the Social Ecological Model (SEM) shows promise for an increased interest. Programs like the GCC can create …
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Undergraduate African American women's narratives on persistence in science majors at a PWI
… science majors, due to school tracking or the leaky pipeline (Blickenstaff, 2005; Bowen, et al., 2009; Jordan, 2006; Oakes, 2005; Rist, 2002). Those African American women who are able to commit to hard science majors have positive self-concepts and form science identities (Gilmartin, Li, & …
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“It’s a whole load of not giving up”: individual and organisational factors that contribute to UK based women achieving professor status in STEM
In the UK, women are increasingly underrepresented in academic STEM careers. Of all Professors in STEM in the UK, only 22% are women. This thesis conducted an exploratory investigation into the individual and organisational factors that contribute to women’s successful career progression in …