Subtle Gender Bias Stifles Woman in Science
It's not news that gender bias persists at U.S. universities, especially in the sciences. What's surprising is how long-lasting and pervasive this bias is. Even today, gender biases continue to color how female academics are viewed professionally. Science professors at U.S. universities widely regarded women undergraduates...
Confronting the Bias Against Girls
The choices girls make in their academic lives will have profound effects on their careers. This is true of everyone, of course, but for girls with a talent for the sciences and who become disenchanted with the field because they see little opportunity for them,...
Michelle Obama on Empathy and Being Yourself
In my last post, I shared that I approach my work at VentureLab from a "girl lens"—meaning I am always thinking about how can we best give girls (as well as boys) the tools and confidence they need to become tomorrow's changemakers. Last week at the Inbound...
Why Girls Lack Confidence in Stem
Girls begin their education with the same potential as boys, but by the end of high school, their excitement and potential in sciences has been stifled. Why is that? Part of it is that girls can absorb unconscious stereotypes that tell them what paths they...
Bridging a Generation Gender Gap In Science
While opportunities in technology have exploded since 2000, fewer women today are actually pursuing computer science degrees than in the 1970s and 1980s, when women made up one quarter of all computer science students in the nation’s colleges and universities. A generation ago, young women were...