Searching for excellence and diversity: Does training faculty search committees improve hiring of women?

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sheridan, Jennifer ^a   Fine, Eve ^a   Winchell, Jessica ^a   Pribbenow, Christine ^a   Carnes, Molly ^a   Handelsman, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ACTIVE LEARNING; FACULTY HIRING COMMITTEES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029094561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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