Webex - 2017 NSF Report on Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

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The IEEE New Jersey Coast Section is organizing a presentation on the NSF/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics 2017 Report, which will be provided by Webex by the NSF's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Senior Analysts Amy Burke and Kathy Hale. The event is co-sponsored by the North Jersey Section.

Since the late 1990s, women have earned about half of the Science and Engineering Bachelor's degrees. However, their representation varies widely by field, ranging from 70 percent in psychology to 18 percent in computer sciences. How does that match our experiences? What do we project to be the impact of the retiring baby boomers and the change to Millennials being the largest demographic in the workforce? 

In 2015, scientists and engineers had a lower unemployment rate compared to the general U.S. population (3.3 percent versus 5.8 percent), although the rate varied among groups. For example, it was 2.8 percent among white women in S&E but 6.0 percent for underrepresented minority women.

How do we think caring for family impacts employment, underemployment and unemployment? 

Despite two decades of progress, a wide gap in educational attainment remains between underrepresented minorities and whites and Asians, two groups that have higher representation in S&E education than they do in the U.S. population. What is going on here? Is it cultural? What kind of impact can we expect to have in making a change?

Check out the report abstract www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/ and send your thoughts/questions to the meeting organizer (Margaret Lyons margaret.j.lyons@ieee.org).

Amy Burke is a senior analyst at the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), within the National Science Foundation. She is one of the authors of Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering 2017, and writes the chapter on the science and engineering workforce in the National Science Board’s biennial report, Science and Engineering Indicators. Amy Burke is from Lexington, Kentucky and has a doctorate in economics from the University of New Mexico.

Kathy Hale is a senior analyst at the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), within the National Science Foundation. She is one of the authors of Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering 2017, and writes the chapter on academic R&D in the National Science Board’s biennial report, Science and Engineering Indicators. Kathy Hale is from Boulder, Colorado and has a master’s degree in Science, Technology, and Public Policy from George Washington University.

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The IEEE New Jersey Coast Section has arranged to meet in person at Brookdale with NSF joining us "virtually." Join our presentation by the NSF authors on this timely topic and discussion about what this data means and how that knowledge impacts our STEM careers.

6 PM - In person Networking and light refreshements

7 PM - Presentation and Discussion

 

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