The Women and Minorities of Science and Engineering

Women and minorities have a lot of different career options and schools open to them, from four-year universities to biomedical technician schools. Throughout the years the popularity of science and engineering programs of study have increased quite a bit. There and more and more minorities and women entering these fields and college programs every year. The following resources provide a deeper look at this topic.

Famous Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

• Notable Female Scientists : provides biographies for famous female scientists.
• Women Inventors A to Z : offers information on famous female inventors.
• The Face of Sciences : an index directory of African Americans who work or once worked in science.
• The Path of Most Resistance : discusses famous minority scientists interviewed for a documentary by PBS.
• 200 Famous Women : offers biographies of famous women, including those working in science and engineering.

Organizations

• National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering : organization focusing on encouraging minorities to study and work in engineering related fields.
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society : society providing resources for Indian people living in the United States interested in either science or engineering.
• Society of Women Engineers : engineering society trying to increase female interest in the topic through scholarships and other efforts.
• Association for Women in Science : nonprofit organization open to female scientists and college students.
• Cooperating Hampton Roads Organizations for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. (CHROME) : organization of schools, public groups and private companies to help minorities find jobs in engineering.

Information Sites

• Science and Engineering Statistics : offers statistics on engineering and science, including the number of minorities and women working in the field.
• Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering : scholarly journal that studies those working in the fields and other areas of interest.
• Engineer Girl : focuses on showing girls the fun side of engineering in the hopes of increasing the number of female students and workers in the field.
• Minority and Science Engineering Improvement Program : program from the US government that helps women and minorities have the funds to attend college programs in these courses of study.
• Women in the Engineering Industry : gives a look at the daily life of a female engineer.

Documents/Studies

• Under-Represented Minorities in Engineering : shows how the number of minorities in engineering related careers and studies have changed.
• Women and Minorities in Science : focuses on changes and action that allowed minorities and women to work in this area.
• Women and Minorities in Engineering A Review of Literature : scholarly look at recent articles into the study of females and minorities working in engineering.
• Underrepresented Minorities in Science : gives case studies of specific students and types of students hoping to study these areas.
• Program Provides Blueprint for Recruiting Minorities to Science and Engineering : looks at a program that hopes to increase the number of minority students in science and engineering through college recruitment.

It's clear that the number of minorities and women in both science and engineering fields will only continue increasing in the future. As more scholarships are available and more recruitment programs, these students will have easier access to these two strong and important fields.

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