Trump signs two STEM laws aimed at boosting careers for women in technology

[Tom Joad]

OK Trump haters.

Tell me what's wrong about this.

I know you can do it.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news...men-technology

President Donald Trump has signed two laws aimed at encouraging women to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and entrepreneurship careers: the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act and the INSPIRE Act.

The Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act authorizes the National Science Foundation to support entrepreneurial programs aimed at women.

The topic of women in technology has inched to the forefront over the past few years -- and that includes the health IT realm.

While women account for about 47 percent of the workforce in the U.S., however, they make up only 25.6 percent of computer and math occupations, and 15.4 percent of architecture and engineering occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Women earn 18 percent of computer science degrees.

“Today only one in four women who gets a STEM degree is working in a STEM job, which is not fair and it’s not even smart that people are not taking advantage of it,” Trump said. “It’s unacceptable that we have so many American women who have these degrees yet are not being employed in these industries. I think that’s going to change and it’s going to change very rapidly.”

[finnbow]

It may be hard to implement if he drastically cuts funding for the NSF. Let's judge him on what he accomplishes, not about what he talks about accomplishing.

[Rajoo]

For whatever reason, very very few women enter these fields of education. So I say it's simply fluff. And Trump has not shown nothing yet.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

For whatever reason, very very few women enter these fields of education. So I say it's simply fluff. And Trump has not shown nothing yet.

The reason women don't pursue careers in these fields is because we're stopping them. Trump is showing his feminist side.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

For whatever reason, very very few women enter these fields of education.

You're right.

They go into girly fields like nursing, elementary school teaching and social work.

Dudes that go into those lines of work are fags.

See. I get so disgusted by you knee jerk Trump haters that I just feel COMPELLED to troll.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

For whatever reason, very very few women enter these fields of education. So I say it's simply fluff. And Trump has not shown nothing yet.

Because of the attitudes of men here. When I was in Data Processing at Bell Canada the staff was 50/50 male/female as was management. The women were just as competent in programming as the men, if not slightly better. I think it was about that time I became a feminist, though I really had not thought much about it before.

Here we gratuitously waste half (or more) of our brainpower. And God help the ladies with Pence on the job. His ideas of women's place in the world pre-date Noah's Ark.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Because of the attitudes of men here. When I was in Data Processing at Bell Canada the staff was 50/50 male/female as was management. The women were just as competent in programming as the men, if not slightly better. I think it was about that time I became a feminist, though I really had not thought much about it before.

Here we gratuitously waste half (or more) of our brainpower. And God help the ladies with Pence on the job. His ideas of women's place in the world pre-date Noah's Ark.

Why does someone need a university education in physics, chemistry and math for data processing? I don't recall courses for data processing in the engineering curriculum.

I am speaking from personal experience. There were little to no women in the engineering department when I went to school here in the 70's and I have said I don't know why. You will need to ask the parents. My niece is a degree'd engineer and believe me, she is a rarity.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

Why does someone need a university education in physics, chemistry and math for data processing? I don't recall courses for data processing in the engineering curriculum.

I am speaking from personal experience. There were little to no women in the engineering department when I went to school here in the 70's and I have said I don't know why. You will need to ask the parents. My niece is a degree'd engineer and believe me, she is a rarity.

You are correct. Girls tend not to take those courses in college. The reasons why happen before college.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

Why does someone need a university education in physics, chemistry and math for data processing? I don't recall courses for data processing in the engineering curriculum.

I am speaking from personal experience. There were little to no women in the engineering department when I went to school here in the 70's and I have said I don't know why. You will need to ask the parents. My niece is a degree'd engineer and believe me, she is a rarity.

Didn't you have to take a FORTRAN course? I can still remember punching my code onto the cards, turning them in at a counter to be fed to the beast and coming back later to check the results.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by nailer

Didn't you have to take a FORTRAN course? I can still remember punching my code onto the cards, turning them in at a counter to be fed to the beast and coming back later to check the results.

Yes and I did get heavily into Fortran programming in grad school.

BTW, I met my wife in the Fortran introductory course who at the time was a math major. She dropped out like most non-engineering & CS students and switched her major to history. Maybe I should ask her why!