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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"chilly climate"”.
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From Chilly Climate to Warm Reception: Experiences and Good Practices for Supporting LGBTQ Students in STEM
… over the past decade, students still often face chilly or outright hostile campus climates, as well as institutional and departmental policies and practices that create barriers to their learning and feeling of belonging in their classrooms and on their campuses. Research suggests that these …
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Gender at Work: A Mixed Methods Study of Workplace Inequalities in the Quebec Legal Profession
… with career mobility. Experiences of a chilly climate are an additional barrier faced by women. These inequalities in the context of the legal profession in Quebec have received very limited attention in the sociological literature. This dissertation aims to understand gender …
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The Impact of the Classroom Climate in Introductory Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Courses on the Persistence Desires and Academic Outcomes of White Women and Women of Color in Engineering
… survey research to examine the classroom climate in introductory science, engineering, and mathematics courses and its impact on students' desire to remain in engineering, academic success, academic confidence, and enjoyment of their major. Data were collected from 161 engineering students …
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Factors that Influence a Woman's Choice to Remain in or to Leave a Male-dominated Major
… of student affairs profess about woman and chilly climate. The study extends knowledge about how women deal with their chilly environment.
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The social construction of female engineers : a qualitative case study of engineering education
… 1996 and April, 1998. Major findings point to a chilly climate in the college of engineering where a masculine culture tends to exclude the female students from equal and equitable educational experiences. This culture, which in addition to exclusionary features includes a heavy workload with …
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The Association between Engineering Students' Perceptions of Classroom Climate and Fundamental Engineering Skills: A Comparison of Community College and University Students
… dissertation, the focus was on the classroom climate of engineering students in the context of either their community college or their four-year university. Previous research on the classroom climate for STEM majors suggests that women and minorities may experience a "chilly climate" and find …
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Korean diaspora in the age of globalization: early study abroad (ESA) college students in the Midwest
… participants, there was a potentially hostile climate for international students who experienced discrimination and segregation for the first time. A “Chilly Climate” of campus environment is not new in the US. As Smith (1989) points out, many studies suggest “some campus environments are …
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Recruitment Strategies Aiming to Attract Females into Undergraduate Engineering Programs: Examining Their Role and Use
By 2009, the percentage of women who graduated with general undergraduate degrees had increased to almost 58% of all students who completed 4-year degree programs (National Center for Education Statistics, 2009a). These percentages, however, have not been reflected in the enrollment rates of …