Workshop seeks to lure women researchers from industry to academia

A series of national workshops at the University of Washington will try a novel approach to boost the number of women faculty in university science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments. It will seek to lure women from industry–in other words, help women who have established careers in the private sector to consider applying for academic jobs.

The On-Ramps into Academia http://www.engr.washington.edu/onramp/ workshops are funded by a new grant from the National Science Foundation. The program is geared to provide an alternative to the intense competition that exists when hiring talented women faculty to tenure-track positions.

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