Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Atwood, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California at Berkeley; Lisa Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

in primary and secondary grades toward science, they founda common more positive attitude towards life sciences explained by the girls as a common desireto care for people and animals.It has also been suggested that women’s choice to enter a particular field of engineering is relatedto their perceived strengths in certain areas,16 such as communication and interpersonal skills.Women in engineering often report lower confidence in science and math skills than men despitehigher or equivalent grades,8,16 or women’s confidence and performance decrease throughout anengineering program18. However, women are often perceived to have better communication andinterpersonal skills, but these so-called “soft skills” are not as emphasized in