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- From: burtp@aix.rpi.edu (Philip Nason Burt)
- Subject: Re: What % of engineers are women?
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:17:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan8.175031@roper.mc.ti.com> a722756@roper.mc.ti.com (W. Donald Rolph) writes:
- >
- >Julie, since you tweaked, I cant resist.
- >
- >I have observed that on the average women engineers are better than their male
- >counterparts. I have always speculated that it was because a woman who became an
- >engineer really wanted to become an engineer, society usually didn't make it
- >easy, whereas at least some male engineers end up in engineering as an
- >afterthought.
- >
- >I would be curious if my apparent observations on the drive of women engineers
- >match your experience?
- >--
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- I offer my thoughts maily to give different perspectives: a
- sr. meche student and a male pig. (these thoughts are random musings
- and not necessarily what I believe to be true! i don't think that I am
- a sexist pig.)
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- Why is there a high percentage of women in honor societies? Are they
- more motivated? Are they given preferential treatment by professors?
- (the high ratio situation does not exist at RPI (good?/bad?))
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- Why is the number of women in engineering schools increasing? Is
- society finaly starting to encourage them to become engineers? Are
- the admission standards less stringent?
-
- just some musings...
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- >
- >Regards.
- >
- >Don Rolph a722756@pan.mc.ti.com WD3 MS10-13 (508)-699-1263
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