The Montreal Gazette reports that there are still a stubbornly low number of women pursuing engineering as a course of study in university, and the question remains - why? The gender disparity has continued, they wrote, "despite the fact that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of new jobs in engineering and technology." Elizabeth Croft, a UBC mechanical engineering professor and, since 2010, regional chair for Women in Science and Engineering with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), agreed that engaging women in applied sciences is a serious concern. "I don't think we've done a particularly good job of communicating that the careers for engineers do not require you to be a man," she said in a recent interview." /> The Montreal Gazette reports that there are still a stubbornly low number of women pursuing engineering as a course of study in university, and the question remains - why? The gender disparity has continued, they wrote, "despite the fact that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of new jobs in engineering and technology." Elizabeth Croft, a UBC mechanical engineering professor and, since 2010, regional chair for Women in Science and Engineering with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), agreed that engaging women in applied sciences is a serious concern. "I don't think we've done a particularly good job of communicating that the careers for engineers do not require you to be a man," she said in a recent interview." /> Still a Troublingly Low Number of Women in Engineering - MINING.COM

Still a Troublingly Low Number of Women in Engineering

Joanna Gaskell - Education Editor | September 16, 2011 | 5:23 pm Careers Education 

The Montreal Gazette reports that there are still a stubbornly low number of women pursuing engineering as a course of study in university, and the question remains – why?

The gender disparity has continued, they wrote, “despite the fact that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of new jobs in engineering and technology.” Elizabeth Croft, a UBC mechanical engineering professor and, since 2010, regional chair for Women in Science and Engineering with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), agreed that engaging women in applied sciences is a serious concern. “I don’t think we’ve done a particularly good job of communicating that the careers for engineers do not require you to be a man,” she said in a recent interview.

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  • Guestxyz

    Could someone please explain how civilization has suffered because of “a Troublingly Low Number of Women in Engineering”?

    Would we have had colonies on Mars by now were it not for the “gender disparity” in engineering (and science)?

    Has it occurred to anyone that besides the plumbing, men and women are also wired differently and perhaps women have different interests?

    Concerns about the “gender disparity” in engineering are evidence of misplaced ideology and not of any lack in society.