Word: mathes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Peter Kronheimer, an Oxford math professor renowned for his work in topology, has accepted a tenure offer from Harvard and will join the math department in the 1995-96 academic year...
...national debate, you would believe that families and schools are failing and government programs and policies don't work," said David W. Grissmer, who led research based on students ages 13 and 17 who took the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests between 1970 and 1990. (Average math and reading scores increased by 3 percentile points for whites, 11 points for Hispanics, and 19 points for blacks.) Rand says their findings may mean desegregation and increased spending on schools -- especially programs targeted at minority students -- paid off after all, while early education and nutrition programs for poor children also...
...these suggestions are not just for women only. Men, too, will benefit from such changes, as they will become more used at an earlier age to seeing women in the fields of math and science, leading them to accept and respect their female peers when they enter the working world...
Ultimately, the most compelling argument is that for women to achieve true equality in society, they must pursue math and science just as they must pursue all other fields without regard to gender. And without the backing and support of their Colleges and Universities and a recognition of female talent, women in math and science are simply not as effective. Although women enter graduate school in the sciences at the same rate as men, a significant number fail to graduate. The reason is not that women are not capable--it is that the female mentors so desperately needed are either...
...attempt to attract more women to math and science, some experts suggest making these fields more "female-friendly." We need to be careful with such labels, as they run the risk of insinuating that women are inherently uninterested in math and science. Such a warm and fuzzy term detracts from the necessity of changing the image of science. Science is not being changed to make it easier for women; rather, it is being made more applicable and relevant to them. Emphasizing the usefulness and positive social benefits of science makes it more of a real option for young women...