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ERIC Number: EJ358201
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Step Up Recruitment of Women into Science or Risk U.S. Competitive Edge in Field, Colleges Are Warned.
McMillen, Liz
Chronicle of Higher Education, v33 n48 p9,12 Aug 12 1987
Fewer women are choosing science and engineering careers at the same time that the college-age population is shrinking, threatening a dire shortage of scientists in academe and the general labor force. Affirmative action is seen no longer as only a moral responsibility, but also as a matter of national survival. (MSE)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Choice, Competition, Females, Higher Education, International Relations, Labor Force Development, National Security, Nontraditional Occupations, Science Education, Sciences, Student Recruitment, Technological Advancement, Womens Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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