Widening Participation in Higher Education in Ghana and Tanzania

Women into Science and Higher Education

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Branch-Brioso, K. (2009). "Keeping Pace, but Not Catching Up". Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 26(2): 16.

Brandt, C. B. (2008). "Discursive Geographies in Science: Space, Identity, and Scientific Discourse among Indigenous Women in Higher Education". Cultural Studies of Science Education, 3(3): 703-730.

Camp, A. G., Gilleland, D., Pearson, C. & Vander Putten, J. (2009). "Women's Path into Science and Engineering Majors: A Structural Equation Model". Educational Research and Evaluation, 15(1): 63-77.

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Carrell, S. E., Page, M. E. & West, J. E. (2009). Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap, National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Fox, M. F., Sonnert, G. & Nikiforova, I. (2009). "Successful Programs for Undergraduate Women in Science and Engineering: "Adapting" Versus "Adopting" The Institutional Environment". Research in Higher Education, 50(4): 333-353.

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Georgiadou, E., Abu-Hassan, N., Siakas, K. V., Wang, X., Ross, M. & Anandan, P. A. (2009). "Women's Ict Career Choices: Four Cross-Cultural Case Studies". Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 3(4): 279-289.

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Gill, J., Sharp, R., Mills, J. & Franzway, S. (2008). "I 'Still' Wanna Be an Engineer! Women, Education and the Engineering Profession". European Journal of Engineering Education, 33(4): 391-402.

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Glynn, S. M., Taasoobshirazi, G. & Brickman, P. (2009). "Science Motivation Questionnaire: Construct Validation with Nonscience Majors". Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 46(2): 127-146.

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Good, C., Aronson, J. & Harder, J. A. (2008). "Problems in the Pipeline: Stereotype Threat and Women's Achievement in High-Level Math Courses". Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 29(1): 17-28.

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Hernandez-Martinez, P., Black, L., Willimans, J., Davis, P., Pampaka, M. & Wake, G. (2008). "Mathematics Students' Aspirations for Higher Education: Class, Ethnicity, Gender and Interpretative Repertoire Styles". Research Papers in Education, 28(2): 153-165.

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Huang, G., Taddese, N. & Walter, E. (2000). "Entry and Persistence of Women and Minorities in College Science and Engineering Education". Education Statistics Quarterly, 2(3): 59-60.

Hult, C., Callister, R. & Sullivan, K. (2005). "Is There a Global Warming toward Women in Academia?". Liberal Education, 91(3): 50-57.

Johnson, A. C. (2007). "Unintended Consequences: How Science Professors Discourage Women of Color". Science Education, 91(5): 805-821.

Kahveci, A., Southerland, S. A. & Gilmer, P. J. (2008). "From Marginality to Legitimate Peripherality: Understanding the Essential Functions of a Women's Program". Science Education, 92(1): 33-64.

Karukstis, K. K. (2009). "Women in Science, Beyond the Research University: Overlooked and Undervalued". Chronicle of Higher Education, 55(41).

Latourelle, S. M., Elwess, N. L. & Elwess, J. M. (2008). "Finger Forecasting: A Pointer to Athletic Prowess in Women--a Preliminary Investigation by an Undergraduate Biology Class". American Biology Teacher, 70(7): 411-414.

Leicht-Scholten, C., Weheliye, A.-J. & Wolffram, A. (2009). "Institutionalisation of Gender and Diversity Management in Engineering Education". European Journal of Engineering Education, 34(5): 447-454.

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Schreuders, P. D., Mannon, S. E. & Rutherford, B. (2009). "Pipeline or Personal Preference: Women in Engineering". European Journal of Engineering Education, 34(1): 97-112.

Settles, I. H., Cortina, L. M., Stewart, A. J. & Malley, J. (2007). "Voice Matters: Buffering the Impact of a Negative Climate for Women in Science". Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31(3): 270-281.

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Wiest, L. & Johnson, S. (2005). "Providing Female Role Models in Mathematics and Computer Science". Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 10(1): 12-17.