Resumen de AIM:: Attracting Women into Sciences
Several studies, as well as our own experiences, show us that most women come to college without adequate exposure and encouragement into sciences. This is often accompanied by their expectation of low achievement, thus avoidance of science courses and majors. Against this background, those of us in college teaching have to assume the responsibility to identify those students who show an interest and potential in science, and guide each to find her particular niche in her college education, focusing on the student's own goals rather than those that might have been set for her by family or society. This involves ongoing advising and mentoring, supplying the student with a wide range of information on fields of scientific study and career options, and the various educational routes to them. It also involves creating a sense of community, student liaison groups in sciences, ACS student affiliates, etc., to ease the often-felt isolation of the science major, and further provide her with mentorship and support by her peers.
