NSF RESET: A Conference to Support Returning Women’s Transition to Computing and Technology Discipline
Farzana Rahman,
Elodie Billionniere,
Sinchana Sulugodu Shashidhara
Abstract:The disparity of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline have been a persistent problem in the United States of America. Research suggests that women who join STEM discipline leave very frequently to care for their families, financial setbacks, personal obligations, and call to active-duty program. Returning women, very rarely choose to pursue STEM education or cannot enter the STEM workforce because -1) these fields are constantly evolving; 2) the technical preparations c… Show more
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