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You're right, it doesn't matter what gender you are. The imbalance of the genders in engineering is pretty skewed and we want to improve that. We think a women
by davj 14y ago
You're right, it doesn't matter what gender you are. The imbalance of the genders in engineering is pretty skewed and we want to improve that. We think a women exclusive fellowship is a great start.
- Locke1689 14y agoUhh... is this illegal? While including sex as a weight in the decision process is fine, I think creating a "women exclusive" scholarship may be tricky. See Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. Also, the Civil Rights Act (Title VII) may come into play.
- albill 14y agoLast I looked, UC is a state funded institution. This is not. So, no, it is not illegal and I don't see too many "women exclusive" scholarships being mentioned here.
- cjbprime 14y agoProbably not. Consider IBM's women-only scholarship program: The American Physical Society and IBM co-sponsor a research internship program for undergraduate women. The goal is to encourage women students to pursue graduate studies in science and engineering. -- http://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/ibm/index.cfm http://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/ibm/index.cfm
- adrr 14y agoYet i don't see any fellowships for males who want to be nurses. Nurse practitioner is higher paid profession than engineering in regards to median salary. It also rated the #4 occupation when using job security,salary etc as the metric. I bet if you search, no one considers this gender bias a problem.
- cmsj 14y agoIf we can't have a thing, they can't have a thing either? Weak argument. So very weak.