Engineering women and leadership /

• Other Authors: Zoli, Corri.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2008.
• Series: Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ; #5.
• Subjects: Educational leadership.; Women in engineering.; Women in higher education.; Women in science.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.; Series from website.; Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 10, 2008).
• Physical Description: 1 electronic document (viii, 106 p. : col. ill.) : digital file.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.; System requirements: PDF reader.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-104).
• ISBN: 1598296698 (electronic bk.); 9781598296693 (electronic bk.)
• ISSN: 1933-3461
• Access: Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.; Available to subscribers only.

In this book we explore a sea change occurring in leadership for academic women in the sciences and engineering. Our approach is a two-pronged one: On the one hand, we outline the nature of the changes and their sources, both in various literatures and from program research results. On the other hand, we specify and provide detail about the persistent problems and obstacles that remain as barriers to women's full participation in academic science and engineering, their career advancement and success, and, most important, their role as leaders in making change. At the heart of this book is our goal to give some shape to the research, practice, and programs developed by women academic leaders making institutional change in the sciences and engineering.