The science glass ceiling : academic women scientists and the struggle to succeed

In The Science Glass Ceiling , Sue Rosser chronicles the plight of women faculty across the country. Noting difficulties, double standards, and backlash that they routinely face. Rosser interviewed some of the country's best female scientists about their research, love of science, and routing barriers faced. She offers suggestions and solutions for changing the science and technology culture at universities in order to establish a more level playing field. As the first woman Dean at a science/technical school, Rosser offers realistic solutions from an insider's perspective. In 1996 several female faculty members at MIT released a shocking report charging institutionalized discrimination at the university. They revealed some alarming facts: there were 22 women and 252 male faculty, and men and women of equal rank and seniority were routinely given disparate forms of compensation, all favoring the men, from better pay to more lab space to more research assistants. These revelations rippled through the halls of academia and made everyone take a closer look at similarly respected science institutions. In 2001, the administrations at all of the major science and technology universities knew they had a major problem to deal with.
In this timely and invaluable study, Sue Rosser chronicles the plight of women faculty across the country noting the difficulties, double standards, and backlash that they routinely face. Interviewing some of the country's top female scientists about their research and the routine barriers faced, she came up with suggestions and solutions for changing the science and technology culture at universities in order to establish a more level playing field. Sue Rosser chronicles the plight of women faculty across the US, noting the difficulties, double standards and backlash they routinely face. Rosser interviewed some of the US's best female scientists about their research, love of science and routine barriers faced Who are the women scientists? Opportunities and challenges Life in the lab Differences across the disciplines The difference an institution makes A brighter future : change the institutions, not the women. In this timely and invaluable study, Sue Rosser chronicles the plight of women faculty across the USA noting the difficulties, double standards and backlash that they routinely face