Fact Sheets and Additional Materials

Here are some materials that you can use in your efforts to get more women into the sciences in your university community:

Fact Sheets:

• Overview
• Scope of the Problem
• Federal Anti Discrimination Laws
• Congressional Actions

Downloadable Charts of the Number of Women in the Sciences

These are printable charts with all of the data on the number of women teaching in the sciences.  For ease of use, the charts are organized by academic discipline. Select the discipline from the drop down list.

The charts are in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format. If you do not have Microsoft Excel, click here to download an Excel viewer application. Save the file to your hard drive, then double click it to install it.

Based on data in the “Nelson Diversity Surveys” Diversity in Science Association, Norman, OK (2002) .  For complete data sources for each school in each discipline, see the discipline specific charts.