The Girl Scouts of Massachusetts partnered with Raytheon over the weekend to engage 300 middle school students in math and science through interactive learning programs.
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Archive for Girls, Women, and Minorities in STEM
MathMovesU Engages Mass. Girl Scouts in Science Projects
NPR Looks at Shortage of Women in Tech
Finding and retaining women for computer engineering jobs proves challenging for many companies. Morning Edition takes a look at how Silicon Valley is responding.
Six-Year High School Prepares Students of Color for Work in STEM
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Closing the Girl Gap in Science
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Gender Gap in STEM Disciplines Persists
While 5.8 out of 10 recent college graduates with biology degrees are women, there’s a greater gender gap in two of the other largest STEM fields: Engineering and computer science.
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Record Numbers of Women Enroll in Engineering at Perdue
In a single year, enrollment of first-year women in Perdue University’s College of Engineering reportedly increased 31 percent. To what does the school attribute such a dramatic gain? Although it’s difficult to pinpoint with complete accuracy, Beth Holloway, director of the College’s Women in Engineering Program, points to a likely factor: The college’s use of the 2008 report, “Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering.”
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Study: “Micro-Biases” Adversely Impact Female Engineering Students
Contrary to popular belief, the reason that fewer women than men stick with engineering majors and enter engineering careers is not necessarily related to their ambitions to start a family. More likely, women’s shaky “professional role confidence” is to blame, according to a study in this month’s issue of the American Sociological Review. According to the study’s lead author, Erin Cech, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research, despite the fact that women perform comparably to men in engineering classes, subtle biases get in the way and undermine women’s confidence. “What we found is that the women in our study developed less confidence in their engineering expertise than men did and they also developed less confidence that engineering is the career that fits them best, even though they went through the same preparation process as men,” Cech says. The study is part of “Future Paths: Developing Diverse Leadership for Engineering,” a project funded by the National Science Foundation.
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STEM Subjects, Careers Slowly Gaining Appeal Among Women
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Why Aren’t More African-Americans Pursuing STEM Careers?
On a percentage basis, fewer African-Americans are earning degrees in STEM subjects today than at any other point in the last decade. What’s behind the declining numbers? While the U.S. currently is not known for churning out as many STEM professionals as it used to, there is a particularly notable dearth of new mathematicians, engineers, and scientists among African-Americans.
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Google Science Fair Winners Visit White House
Winners from among 10,000 entrants in the first-ever Google Science Fair received a once-in-a-lifetime prize: A trip to the Oval Office to meet with the President of the United States. The three students — all girls, ranging in age from 14-17 — also met EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Dr. John Holdren, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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