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Women in Physics
Latifa Elouadrhiri
Jefferson Lab
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High School Graduates
NSF, S&E
Indicators, 2008
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NSF, S&E
Indicators, 2008
High School Graduates
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NSF, S&E
Indicators, 2008
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NSF, S&E
Indicators, 2008
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Women in Physics
Ivie & Ray 2005
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Leaky PipelineLeaky Pipeline
• Pipeline is a conceptual picture with multiple stages –
• Stage 1 -- high school
• Stage 2 -- undergraduate
• Stage 3 -- graduate school
• Stage 4 -- post-doctoral
• Stage 5 -- career researcher (University, National Lab, etc.)
• The biggest leak in the pipeline is in the college years following high school.
• 50% of high school physics majors are women
• <25% of bachelor’s degrees are awarded to women
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HopeHope
• From educators who administer undergraduate research
• The retention rate of male and female students is almost identical nearly 80% for students in undergraduate research programs. (from NSF’s recent workshop)
• However, fewer females take these opportunities
Probable reasons for retention?
• Getting hooked on research?
• The sites that administers the program are aware of the ‘leak’ and may make special effort
Recruit graduating high school majors for summer research
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Factors Contributing to RetentionFactors Contributing to Retention
• Diversity
• University faculty, Lab’s Scientific Staff
• Mentoring
• Has to happen at every stage
• Collegial
• Seeking and valuing student input in research work
• Interesting work
• Course work as well as research work
• Family friendly policies
• can be made gender neutral
• e.g. Supporting young children’s travel with the parent to conferences
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Factors Contributing to RetentionFactors Contributing to Retention
• Building Confidence
• Why can’t a woman be more like a man?
Student should not have to make that type of choice
• Understanding and eliminating conscious and unconscious biases
• Commitment to creating the right environment
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SummarySummary
For Students • Create an environment to keep students engaged
• Start early in the career
• Provide Research opportunities
• Discussion/Seminar groups
• Giving responsibility with authority
• e.g. Organizing undergraduate seminars
• Provide mentors/role models
Explore funding opportunities for ‘rising freshman’ (i.e. students who have graduated from high school) to do summer research
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SummarySummary
For Scientists
• Reach students early
• As early as high school
• In order to reduce dropout rate, encourage students at every step of their careers (reducing the pipeline leak)
• Value their intellectual input to your research
Not surprisingly, a number of these measures work for male students as well
This is not free.Institutions must support these efforts