Issues for Graduate Students
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QUESTION:
What special challenges do women graduate students in science and engineering
face at Virginia Tech?
- Women under more
pressure to respond to family emergencies. Women are at a competitive
disadvantage; cultural expectations influence this. Managing personal
and professional lives within traditional expectations given the lack
of institutional flexibility.
- Limited number
of role models among students and faculty (gender and culture).
- Lack of professional
development programs for graduate students. The delta between men and
women relates to networking differences.
- Mentoring and feedback
/ Evaluation insufficient.
- Dual-career issues
-- No visibility for this issue.
- Lack of childcare
facilities.
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