商品簡介
In this book Robert Leslie Fisher contends that - thanks to misguided university and government policies - the US has created a 'science elite' that does not represent the demographics of the nation. Drawing on sample data from 1300 male and female respondents from white, black, Hispanic and Asian students, Fisher shows how the culture of graduate schools in science and engineering sees women, black and Hispanic students as outsiders and deprives these budding scientists and research engineers of the collaborators they need to succeed in their careers.--
作者簡介
Robert Leslie Fisher was educated in New York City. He attended Stuyvesant High School, a special school for science-oriented students, and has degrees in sociology from City College of New York (B.A. cum laude), and Columbia University (M. Phil.). Prior to retiring in 2003, Fisher had a varied career as a criminal justice planner, research contracts officer, and program evaluator in New York State government. He is now an author and director of a nonprofit consulting organization in the Capital District of New York. Fisher is the author of three previous nonfiction books about the gender gap in science, all published by University Press of America, and has contributed articles on medical research. He also published Vanilla Republic, a mystery novel.
