Women in Engineering

Paper Summary:

This paper explores how gender roles have eroded significantly in the last few decades giving women more opportunities to succeed in a wider range of careers. In particular, the paper focuses on engineering. The writer describes the "glass ceiling" and how that is also changing. Also considered are differing views regarding women specifically in engineering. The writer concludes that although women lag behind men in terms of numbers in the engineering, this is likely to change, as more women graduate with advanced degrees in this field.

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"According to an interview with Dr. Hayden, a female electrical engineer professor at Cal Poly Pamona, both women and men face challenges in the engineering field. Although she was once encouraged to "try another, more female field" she was able to succeed in her field, despite being a female. She does admit that women have faced hardships in their pursuit of successful engineering careers, but "for every negative experience..I have had many more positive experiences". According to Dr. Hayden, the hardships are part of the learning process."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Baker, Wayne. Achieving Success Through Social Capital. New York: Jossey-Bass. 2000.
• Dr. Hayden. Personal Interview. California Poly Pomona. 2006.
• Dr. Lin. Personal Interview. California Poly Pomona. 2006.
• Fuller, Georgina. "Recent Graduates Expect More from their Employers" Personnel Today. 31 March 2006.
• Society of Women Engineers. Program Statistics. 2002. www.swe.org/SWE/ProgDev/stat/stathome.html

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