Perceptions of academics on women in engineering education and work place
The under-representation of women in engineering has been observed at the faculty of engineering in a private university in Malaysia. The number of women academics in the faculty does not show any significant variation over the past thirteen years while the enrolment of female students has shown...
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| Language: | English |
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SEAAIR,S. E. Asian Association for Institutional Research
2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/173/1/Perceptions%20of%20academics%20on%20women%20in%20engineering%20education%20and%20work%20place.pdf http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/173/ |
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| Summary: | The under-representation of women in engineering has been observed at
the faculty of engineering in a private university in Malaysia. The
number of women academics in the faculty does not show any significant
variation over the past thirteen years while the enrolment of female
students has shown a decreasing trend. Currently, 35% of academics in
the faculty are female and only 8% of the total students studying in
engineering programs are female. The aim of this study is to explore the
perceptions of academics on women in engineering education and
engineering workplace. Based on the survey conducted at the faculty, all
academics perceive that female students are as good as, if not better than,
those of their male peers in academic preparation and study habits. About
70% of academics of both genders feel that female and male students are
equally favourable in engineering programmes at the faculty. About half
of academics believe that men receive more favour than women in the
engineering workplace. However, female academics responded that
there is no discrimination between male and female academics regarding
salary, workload and career advancement at the faculty. A majority of
academics feel that a special effort should be made to recruit female
students in engineering programmes and about half of the respondents
agree that the university should have special programmes to address
female students’ needs. The results from this study can be used in finding
the ways to attract a larger number of women in engineering in the
future. |
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