Educational Research and Statistics Links

All links are to outside websites.

Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering contains Congressionally-mandated biannual reports on the status of women and minorities in science and engineering, Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering.

Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wages, Earnings, and Benefits

National Science Foundation (NSF) contains Information-rich Sites on Gender and STEM Education.

National Council for Research on Women contains the report "Balancing the Equation: Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering and Technology?"

Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development. contains the repoort "Land of Plenty: Diversity as America’s Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology"

NSF Program for Gender Equity in Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: a Brief Retrospective, 1933-2001 (pdf document-requires Acrobat Reader plug-in)

Trends in Educational Equity of Girls and Women, NCES & U.S. Department of Education (pdf document)

New Formulas for America’s Workforce: Girls in Science and Engineering, NSF (pdf document)

Specific points and statistics introduced in the show

Les in studio opens with stats about percentage of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields – National Science Foundation's Women and Science conference report.

Patrice Voice Over – fastest-growing career projections – Bureau of Labor Statistics

Representation of Scientists on prime-time TV (pdf document)

Manipulative toys and math/science skills – “The World of Math Online”

75% of video game sales – GirlTech

Computer games and girls – Does Jane Compute? Preserving Our Daughters’ Place in the CyberRevolution by Roberta Furger

Girls, Math & Science Partnership Barbara Mistick's link includes all stats on women and purchase-power Stats also included within Just Ask a Woman by Mary Lou Quinlan; and The Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management 2000; and Time magazine May 2003

Women fill majority of lowest paying jobs in country -- Bureau of Labor Statistics

25% of households w/ children headed by single women -- Just Ask a Woman by Mary Lou Quinlan

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