H Kanenberg, S Atwood - … Communities of Women in STEM, 2013 - researchgate.net

Gender-Focused Policy Analysis for STEM Faculty at Regional Teaching Focused Institutions.

STEM and underrepresentation

Atwood

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Background Of the three main theoretical perspectives concerning women's underrepresentation as STEM faculty, this policy analysis focuses on structural and cultural barriers (Deficit Perspective) rather than differences in interest and aptitude (Gender Differences Perspective) or the supply and leakage from the higher education STEM pipeline (Pipeline Perspective). This deficit model is based on an organizational theory framework that contends that women have structural barriers to achieve equity in STEM …