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Gender Parity in Career and Technical Education

Although women were 58 percent of all students seeking an associate degree or certificate below the bachelor’s degree level in 2015-2016, they were only 18 percent of students seeking a credential in engineering, architecture, and science technologies, according to data from the U.S. Education Department.

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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Getting More Females Into Engineering

The United Kingdom--like the United States--struggles with women being underrepresented in the engineering field (a 2023 report found only 18% of individuals seeking engineering and technology undergraduate degrees in the UK were women). Learn what one male and two female chemical engineers--at different stages of their careers--think needs to be done to close the engineering gender gap.»  Link to the original article