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Low Enrollment Behind Lack Of Female Engineers, Study Finds.

Reliable Plant Magazine (10/23) reports, "Low enrollment, not low retention, undercuts the number of women graduating with engineering bachelor's degrees, according to an Urban Institute study highlighted in this month's issue of PRISM magazine," published by ASEE. According to the study, "overall and in most fields, women receive engineering degrees at rates equal to or higher than men. Civil, environmental, and chemical engineering are among the disciplines in which women are more likely to complete their studies than male students." Lead author Clemencia Cosentino de Cohen said, "If we are to grow and diversify the nation's scientific workforce, we must focus on attracting more women to engineering. Early education and outreach will be essential." Dr. Norman Fortenberry of the National Academy of Engineering said the results were important, since in the past "there seemed to be evidence that women were more likely to leave engineering, and so the dominant question appeared to be why they were leaving, whether they lost interest or encountered hostile environments."