News tagged with minority women

Psychological headwind keeps women, minorities from sprinting ahead of their peers, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Let's say a white student and a black student both score 1020 on their SATs. They're performing right around the national average, so based on their scores it stands to reason they're both typical students ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Minority women still most underrepresented in science despite progress

Thirty-five years after a landmark report documented minority women as the most underrepresented individuals in science, engineering, medicine and dentistry, dramatic improvements have occurred for women of color, but serious ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Women use strategies to overcome discrimination in large law firms

(Phys.org) -- Women and people from ethnic minorities have to employ special strategies to overcome institutional discrimination when working in large law firms.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0