An Engineering Department at a University Wants to Increase the Number

question 2

Multiple Choice

An engineering department at a university wants to increase the number of female engineering majors and graduates.Which of the following strategies would BEST help with this goal?

• A)hiring female professors that could serve as role models
• B)ignoring gender
• C)hiring more male professors
• D)asking professors to always make gender salient prior to any test

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Humans

Homo sapiens; the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina, known for advanced cognitive abilities and societal structures.

Hybrid Zone

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Parental Populations

The original populations of organisms from which offspring or subsequent populations derive, important in studies of genetics and evolutionary biology.

Fusion

The process of combining two or more entities into a single one, often referring to nuclear fusion or the merging of cells.