Alumnae Survey
“Looking Bac
k: A Retrospective Study of Dartmouth Science Alumnae, 1973-96″
The Women in Science Project completed a major research report, “Looking Back: A Retrospective Study of Dartmouth Science Alumnae, 1973-96″ which presents findings from the September 1998 Dartmouth Women in Science Alumnae Survey. This report culminates a three year Electronic Alumnae Connections initiative made possible with grant support from the AT&T Foundation.
The survey was sent out in September 1998 to over 1300 women who majored in science, math or engineering while undergraduates at Dartmouth. An electronic version was also posted on the web. Over 700 completed surveys were returned for an extraordinary response rate of 55%!
The three major research questions for the study were:
1. Did these women persist in science after graduating from Dartmouth?
2. What factors in their college experience encouraged or discouraged them?
3. What recommendations do alumnae have to best prepare women in science?