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Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine

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This report examines why women are better represented in some science, technology, engineering, math, and medical (STEMM) disciplines than others, identies programs and practices to increase recruitment, retention, and advancement, and identifies insitutional barriers to implementing some of these best practices. The committee offers a set of actionable recommendations to promote accountability and drive change in STEMM fields.

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Events

Symposium on Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in STEMM

  • March 19, 2020
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Symposium
  • Past

This symposium will share the key messages and findings of a recently released National Academies report focused on addressing the underrepresentation of women in science, engineering, and medicine, w...
Meetings

Increasing the Number of Women in STEMM: Committee Meeting 4

  • January 10, 2020
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

This was the last virtual meeting of the Promising Practices committee and was held to discuss response to review and the Summary of Key Review Issues (SKRI). All of this meeting was closed.

Increasing the Number of Women in STEMM: Committee Meeting 3

  • December 16, 2019
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

This third virtual meeting was held to get final committee feedback before the report went to review. The full meeting was closed.

Increasing the Number of Women in STEMM: Committee Meeting 2

  • December 14, 2019
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

This second virtual meeting of the Promising Practices committee was held primarily to discuss committee recommendations and was an entirely closed meeting.

Increasing the Number of Women in STEMM: Committee Meeting 1

  • December 11, 2019
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

This initial virtual committee meeting was held to introduce committee members to each other and to the staff and to discuss the general flow and outline of the report. This was a closed committee mee...
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