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July 29, 2010
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Bredesen Signs Executive Order Establishing STEM Innovation Network
(More information)
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July 28, 2010
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More Faces of Women and Girls in STEM
(Office of Science and Technology Policy)
President Obama launched the “Educate to Innovate” campaign last November to improve
the participation and performance of America’s students in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Last week, representatives from national organizations
that are focused on increasing participation and performance of women and girls
in STEM fields held a meeting in Washington, DC to develop recommendations to help
improve "Educate to Innovate."
(More information)
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July 27, 2010
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DOT expands internship program to get more women working in transportation
(More information)
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July 26, 2010
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Families Can’t Afford the Gender Wage Gap
(Center for American Progress)
It’s no longer breaking news this Equal Pay Day that women are a crucial part of
today’s workforce. Women edged up to just 50 percent of workers on U.S. payrolls
for the first time in October 2009, and two-thirds of American families with children
now rely on a woman’s earnings for a significant portion of their family’s income.
(More information)
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July 23, 2010
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The Engineer's Pledge has launched!
The Engineer’s Pledge is a call to action for members of the engineering community.
The goal is to change how you talk about engineering in order to shine a more positive
light on the industry.
To read the pledge and join our online community, go to:
(More information on Facebook)
You can also find it by searching for "The Engineer's Pledge" on Facebook.
You can support the Engineer's Pledge by:
1) Taking the pledge at:
(More information on Facebook)
2) Forwarding this email to colleagues, engineers and educators
3) Sharing the pledge with your friends on Facebook and other social networking
sites
4) Spreading the word in your internal communications including e-newsletters, listservs,
and blogs
Take the Engineer's Pledge and help let people know how exciting and rewarding an
engineering career can be.
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July 21, 2010
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Why Do Girls Steer Clear of STEM?
(Casey Selix, MinnPost.com)
As Normandale Community College in Bloomington prepares to host a July 26-29 Technology
Engineers Camp for Her (TECH) aimed at sixth- and seventh-grade girls, a new study
may help explain why some girls steer clear of STEM fields. A Miami University team
of researchers found that girls may avoid STEM careers because they are "perceived
as less likely than careers in other fields to fulfill communal goals (e.g., working
with or helping other people)," according to the abstract in Psychological Science,
the journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
(More information)
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July 21, 2010
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Subcommittee Examines Ways to Break Down Barriers and Improve STEM Education
Participation Among Females
(Committee on Science and Technology)
Today, the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Research and Science Education
Subcommittee held a hearing to examine current research findings, best practices,
and the role of federal agencies in increasing the interest of girls in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in primary and secondary school.
Members questioned witnesses about the challenges that deter young women from pursuing
post-secondary STEM degrees.
(More information)
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July 21, 2010
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Survey Suggests STEM Careers May Not Meet Girls' Goals
(Minnesota's MinnPost.com, Selix)
Minnesota's MinnPost.com website reported that "a Miami University team of researchers
found that girls may avoid STEM careers because they are 'perceived as less likely
than careers in other fields to fulfill communal goals (e.g., working with or helping
other people),' according to the abstract in Psychological Science, the journal
of the Association for Psychological Science." Psychologist Amanda Diekman, who
led the research, said, "We found that STEM careers, relative to other careers,
were perceived to impede communal goals." The researchers "took surveys of 333 introductory
psych students, 193 of whom were women," and "asked about their career interests,
their abilities in different academic areas, and the importance they place on certain
personal objectives." The more strongly respondents approved of "helping others,
serving humanity, intimacy, spirituality," the "less likely the participant was
interested in a STEM career."
(More information)
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July 20, 2010
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U. Va. Professor Tries to Measure Student Achievement in Science and Technology
Fields
(Staff Report, NewsLeader.com)
What does it mean to be an expert in science, technology, engineering and math -
the so-called "STEM" fields, which change so quickly that before you've had a chance
to boot up the latest electronic gadget, a newer version already exists? The work
of David Feldon, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia's Curry School
of Education, is focused on answering this question.
(More information)
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July 13, 2010
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Rowan University Offers Engineering Approach to High School Lesson Plans
(Jessica Driscoll, Gloucester County Times)
Teachers and high school seniors from around the state gathered at Rowan Hall this
week to work with engineering faculty on design projects that can be integrated
into classroom lessons. Originally, the program was only open to teachers. Since
last year, high school seniors considering a future in engineering or technology
education have been welcomed as well. For example, Rowan associate professor of
mechanical engineering, showed teachers in the sports workshop how they could connect
science and engineering with a more-commonly recognized and understood topic.
(More information)
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July 9, 2010
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Can Building Robots Reboot Education?
(Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic)
Some technology experts, such as MAKE Magazine founder Dale Dougherty and Pixar's
Tony DeRose, are promoting hands-on learning through the practice of making things
as a method for revitalizing education, particularly in the STEM fields. DeRose
has created a program to involve children in "technologically sophisticated projects,"
according to this article, and both DeRose and Dougherty are developing the principles
needed to create a curriculum based on the maker ethic.
(More information)
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June 23, 2010
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Blinding the Students with Science
(Sharon Weatherall, Free Press)
U.S. native chemical engineer Dr. Nancy Jackson, told Beausoleil First Nation students
that, because of her people's strong relationship to the Earth, she wanted to "work
in technologies that would not damage the environment." Jackson, who spoke at a
recent symposium manages the International Chemical Threat Reduction Department
in Sandia National Laboratories. A highlight of her career was when Jackson was
presented with an award for overall leadership and technical achievement. During
her acceptance speech she warned young Native Americans to protect their lands from
exploitation for energy resources. She wants this passion for protecting the Earth
passed on to future generation and says "it is important that Indians take the lead."
(More information)
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June 9, 2010
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Analysis Finds Technical Nature of Science, Engineering Not Behind Exit Of Women
(Summary from 6/9/10 ACTE Career Tech Update)
In an opinion article for Forbes, Jennifer Hunt explores the idea that women are
"exiting from science and engineering disproportionately," and asks if this is the
case, "is this exodus simply a hallmark of male-dominated fields in general, or
is it specific to science and engineering?" Hunt notes the "importance of comparing
science and engineering with other fields," particularly if those fields share common
factors such as long or nontraditional work hours, so as to better determine if
"explanations related to the specific technical nature of science and engineering
work can be eliminated." Hunt concludes "explanations hinging on the precise nature
of engineering work should be discarded," and "instead, remedies should be applied
to all fields with a high share of male workers."
(More information)
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June 1, 2010
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Entrepreneurial Women Claim High-tech Turf
(Aimee Miles, Palo Alto Online)
Silicon Valley is a beacon of hope for entrepreneurs. But with women-founded, venture-backed
startups accounting for just 8 percent of the total, it's clear that women in the
valley's high-tech sector who channel that potential into high-growth, scalable
companies are statistically the exception, not the rule. That trend has recently
begun to correct itself.
(More information)
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June 1, 2010
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STEM Education Can Help Prevent the Next Disaster
(Eric A. Clayton, District Administration)
With oil continuing to spill into the Gulf of Mexico...it's time to begin grappling
with the necessary question that legislators, bureaucrats and everyday citizens
must now address: How do we prevent this kind of disaster from happening again?
There are strategies and proposals being presented by engineers, technicians and
other experts throughout the world, but the most sustainable and forward-thinking
answer may lie elsewhere-in education. It is within the academic realm of STEM,
often touted as the Achilles' heel of the U.S. educational system, that the foundations
for future disaster-aversion could be built.
(More information)
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June 6-9, 2010
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The National Science Foundation will hold its Joint Annual Meeting (JAM)
The STEM Equity Pipeline’s Iowa Facilitator, Courtney Reed-Jenkins, was on hand
for training and to discuss, present, leverage expertise, and create connections
to the other research and education awards funded within each of the HRD programs,
the EHR divisions, and in the co-sponsoring BIO and GEO directorates.
(More information)
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May 28, 2010
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U.S. Department of Labor Announces Career Videos Challenge!
DOL Youth Resource Connections
(More information)
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May 20, 2010
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U.S. DOT pushing for female STEM careers in transportation
(More information)
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May 19, 2010
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Become a certified trainer for NASA’s Afterschool Universe program!
(More information)
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May 19, 2010
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USA Science Festival Kavli Video Contest
(More information)
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May 19, 2010
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National Lab Day Video Contest
(More information)
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May 19, 2010
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White House to Host Science Fair
(More information)
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May 19, 2010
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House Fails to Reauthorize America COMPETES
(More
information)
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May 18, 2010
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New Web-based Science Game for Girls Gets $200,000 Boost
(More
information)
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May 13, 2010
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Want to be a firefighter? Know your math
(More information)
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May 13, 2010
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Follow-up From "Educate to Innovate" STEM Briefing
(More information)
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May 10, 2010
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Cornell Institute for Women in Science
(More information)
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April 30, 2010
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Two Programs Honored for Attracting Underrepresented Groups to Mathematics
(More
information)
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April 30, 2010
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"Computer Science Education Week" Makes its Debut
(More
information)
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April 28, 2010
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Closing the STEM Gender Gap
(More information)
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April 16, 2010
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Why So Few Women in Silicon Valley?
(More information)
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April 12, 2010
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STEM Equity Pipeline Leadership Institute
at the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Professional Development Institute
(Powerpoint and pictures
from the event)
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April 12-15, 2010
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NAPE Professional Development Institute and STEM Equity Pipeline Leadership
Institute
(More Information)
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April 9, 2010
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Revenge of the Nerds: How Barbie Got Her Geek On
(More information)
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April 9, 2010
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NSF Seeks New Approach to Helping Minority Students in Science
(More information)
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April 5, 2010
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American Honda Offering One-Year Education Grants For Up to $60,000 - DEADLINE:
Aug 1
http://cdpublications.com/freeresources/freedown.php?ID=145.
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March 30, 2010
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AAUW Presentation of Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics Now Available Online
http://www.aauw.org/research/whysofew.cfm.
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March 26, 2010
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New Study Indicates Race Matters in STEM Retention
Recent reports about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) in the United
States find that there will be a shortage of scientists unless the U.S. is able
to recruit and retain Black and Latino students. Furthermore, many of the reports
find that large shares of Black and Latino high school students do not receive proper
preparation in math and science to succeed in the field. A new study, "The Effect
of Instructor Race and Gender on Student Persistence in STEM Fields", found another
important factor: the role of Black college instructors in encouraging Black science
students to persist as science majors. The study found a statistically significant
relationship between Black students in STEM majors having at least one Black science
instructor as freshman and then pursuing their STEM plans; Black students with at
least one Black science instructor as freshmen were statistically more likely to
continue on as STEM majors than those who did not have Black instructors.
(More
information)
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March 22, 2010
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Why So Few?
In an era when women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law and business, why
are there so few women scientists and engineers? A new research report by AAUW presents
compelling evidence that can help to explain this puzzle. Why So Few? Women in Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics presents in-depth yet accessible profiles
of eight key research findings that point to environmental and social barriers –
including stereotypes, gender bias and the climate of science and engineering departments
in colleges and universities – that continue to block women’s participation and
progress in science, technology, engineering, and math. The report also includes
up to date statistics on girls' and women's achievement and participation in these
areas and offers new ideas for what each of us can do to more fully open scientific
and engineering fields to girls and women.
(More information)
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March 22, 2010
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America’s Real Dream Team
Seeing the 40 finalists in the 2010 Intel science contest is a reminder of how great
our nation can be with a constant flow of legal immigrants.
(More information)
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March 22, 2010
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U.S. Gets Poor Grades in Nurturing STEM Diversity
Two new reports focus on ways to spur more females and students from minority groups
to pursue studies leading to STEM-related careers.
(More information)
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March 22, 2010
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INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION TODAY
Attracting Women to STEM
Active recruiting and positive messaging can go a long way toward shrinking the
gender gap in many science and engineering fields, an analysis released today by
the American Association of University Women suggests.
In "Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics,” funded
in part by the National Science Foundation, three AAUW researchers have collected
the findings of dozens of other studies to produce a report on challenges that girls
and women face at every step of the way in studying and working in STEM fields.
The report also catalogs programs and attitudes that have been found to be successful
in attracting and keeping women in STEM.
Described by co-author Andresse St. Rose, an AAUW research associate, as “a big
lit review,” the report is not intended to be groundbreaking in its findings, but
rather to publish all the best research on women in STEM in one booklet. “Very often
there’s a lot of good research going on that gets printed in academic journals,”
she said, “but the people who could use it don’t necessarily look there to find
it.” In examining hundreds of studies, St. Rose and her co-authors -- Catherine
Hill, AAUW’s director of research, and Christianne Corbette, a research associate
– found eight major factors that helped depress the numbers of girls and women in
STEM: beliefs about intelligence, stereotypes, self-assessment, spatial skills,
the college student experience, university and college faculty, implicit bias, and
workplace bias.
Though women made up the majority of U.S. undergraduates in 2007, colleges and universities
awarded 138,874 STEM bachelor’s degrees to men and just 88,371 to women, the report
notes, citing 2009 NSF statistics. More than half of STEM degrees awarded to women
were in the biological sciences, where women make up the majority of students overall.
(Women earned 48,001 bachelor’s degrees in the field, while men earned 31,347 in
2007.) Totals were substantially smaller for women than for men in physics, engineering
and computer science.
But the report includes discussion of two studies of institutions that have been
able to draw women to their undergraduate majors in those fields.
The Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science was able to expand its
undergraduate major from 7 percent female to 42 percent female in the span of five
years by doing more to actively recruit female applicants, changing admission requirements
to include less prior experience with programming, and changing the “peer culture”
of the major. A study that looked at physics department with larger-than-average
female enrollments, as well as at historically black colleges and universities and
women’s colleges, found that active recruiting, departmental social activities,
and informal mentoring groups for female students and faculty could help attract
and retain female majors.
More broadly, what the studies found was that “the climate of the department makes
a really big difference about who’s attracted to the major, who chooses to stay
in the major and eventually graduates,” St. Rose said. “The active recruitment of
students is absolutely necessary. That’s a no-brainer but a lot of departments don’t
do it, they just say, ‘Students will choose the majors they decide on,’ but inviting
students to take an introductory course or to consider the major can really help.”
Even if a woman persists to earn a bachelor’s degree, a doctorate and a faculty
job in a STEM field, she’s more likely than her male colleagues to be dissatisfied
with her job, found Cathy A. Trower, research director of the Collaborative on Academic
Careers in Higher Education at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.
In a 2008 survey of 587 women and 1,222 men in STEM faculty jobs at 56 universities,
Trower found that, overall, women were less satisfied on all 10 of the climate-related
criteria about which they were asked, including fairness in evaluation by supervisors,
personal and professional interaction with colleagues, and how well they “fit” in
their departments.
The recommendations: conduct departmental reviews to find out what the climate’s
like for female faculty and then change the climate to make it more comfortable
for them; provide mentoring for junior faculty; adopt policies that allow for work-life
balance, like the option to stop the tenure clock for male and female faculty.
— Jennifer Epstein
(More information)
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March 11, 2010
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SPECIAL REPORT: THE FEMALE FACTOR: Risk and Opportunity for Women in 21st-Century
If progress has been dramatic since the two-time Nobel physicist Marie Curie was
barred from France’s science academy a century ago, it has been slower than in other
parts of society — and much less uniform.
(More information)
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February 24, 2010
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STATEMENT FROM JOHN LOCK ON LEMELSON-MIT INVENTION INDEX
Clifton Park, NY - Today, John Lock, CEO of Project Lead The Way released a statement
in response to recently released data by the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index which
finds among other things that:
- Two-thirds of students age 12-17 chose hands-on individual projects and hands-on
group projects as the type of classroom-based educational methods they enjoy most
-- highlighting the need for non-traditional learning regardless of the setting
(in schools every day or after school programs).
- In the classroom, educators play a powerful role in exciting teens about STEM. More
than half of students (55 percent) said they would be more interested in STEM simply
by having teachers who enjoy the subjects they teach.
- Mentors play an important role too, as 43 percent of students said that role models
in STEM fields would increase their interest in learning about these areas.
Lock stated, "What this data shows is that not only are students interested in innovation
and STEM-fields, but there are things we can and should be doing as a nation to
spur their interest in becoming the next generation of innovators.
"The Obama Administration's 'Educate to Innovate' initiative is a smart and good
start in that it encourages after school STEM activities and competitions for students.
But without real hands-on, project-based learning happening in the classroom every
single day, we are selling students short - as well as our country's economic future.
"As a nation, we need to be doing more to provide students with hands-on learning
in the classroom. We need to provide teachers with the training, tools, and resources
they need to challenge students to solve problems and think critically. And finally,
there are thousands of businesses that are eager to offer educators their employees
as mentors during the day and in the classroom who can help attract more students
to STEM-related careers.
"This is exactly what Project Lead The Way's leading STEM education program does
during the school day for over 300,000 students at over 3,500 schools for hundreds
of hours - and this is where our leaders need to focus their efforts next if we
truly want to 'Educate to Innovate' American students."
(More information)
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February 12, 2010
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Computer Engineer Barbie Has a PhD In FUN (And Breaking Down Stereotypes)
The Vote Is In: Barbie Unveils Her 125th and 126th Careers For the first time ever,
Barbie asked the world to help her select her next career. Over the past few months
Barbie did research around the world and also conducted an online voting campaign,
calling upon the world to vote for her doll's next career – Barbie has asked her
Twitter followers and fans on Facebook to help her with this important career decision.
But that's not all! Consumers loudly campaigned for another Barbie career. The winner
of the popular vote is Computer Engineer. Computer Engineer Barbie®, debuting in
Winter 2010, inspires a new generation of girls to explore this important high-tech
industry, which continues to grow and need future female leaders.
(More information)
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January 25, 2010
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Girls’ math fears may start with female teachers
WASHINGTON - Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest
teachers.
Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement,
and the question of why has provoked controversy. Now, a study of first- and second-graders
suggests what may be part of the answer: Female elementary school teachers who are
concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little
girls they teach.
(More information)
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January 11, 2010
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President Obama Announces New Partnerships Under Educate to Innovate Campaign
NSTA and PBS Initiatives Acknowledged at White House Event
Last week at a special event to honor the winners of the Presidential Awards for
Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching held at the White House, President
Obama announced several more public-private partnerships totaling over $250 million
as part of his Educate to Innovate campaign to improve science and math instruction.
The public-private partnerships announced were Intel’s Science and Math Teachers
Initiative; expansion of the National Math and Science Initiative’s UTeach Program;
a commitment by more than 75 public university presidents to train 10,000 math and
science teachers annually by 2015; NSTA’s Science Matters public awareness and engagement
campaign and the PBS Teachers® Innovation Challenge; and the Woodrow Wilson Teaching
Fellowships in Math and Science.
At the event the President also called on the 200,000 scientists and engineers working
for the federal government to engage in National Lab Day (www.nationallabday.org)
Read the Associated Press article on the President’s announcement
Read remarks by the President on the "Educate to Innovate" Campaign and Science
Teaching and Mentoring Awards
Learn more about the
PBS Teachers Innovation Challenge
Learn more
about Science Matters
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December 23, 2009
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Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
(PAESMEM)
The PAESMEM Program seeks to identify outstanding mentoring efforts that enhance
the participation of groups (i.e., women, minorities, and persons with disabilities)
that are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
The awardees serve as leaders in the national effort to develop fully the Nation's
human resources in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
(More Information)
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December 14, 2009
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Advancing STEM Education
NSF initiative brings together different scientific disciplines and diverse communities
of faculty and students--often on the same campus
(Press Release)
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November 23, 2009
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President Obama Launches "Educate to Innovate" Campaign for Excellence in Science,
Technology, Engineering & Math (Stem) Education
President Obama today launched the “Educate to Innovate” campaign, a nationwide
effort to help reach the administration’s goal of moving American students from
the middle to the top of the pack in science and math achievement over the next
decade.
(Press Release)
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November 11, 2009
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E-Week Girl Day - Success Tips from the Experts
Tricia Berry, Paige Smith, and Jenny Becker form our panel of experts for this webinar.
They all have award-winning Girl Day programs and are joining to share their advice
and tips to help you plan the best E-Week Girl Day ever!
The panel will present information including:
- Designing model programs
- Sample schedules
- How to recruit participants and volunteers
- Collecting impact data
- Lessons learned
Q & A Will Follow the Presentations
(Registration)
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October 28, 2009
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The Global Gender Gap Report 2009
Through the Global Gender Gap Reports, for the past four years, the World Economic
Forum has been quantifying the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracking
their progress over time. By providing a comprehensive framework for benchmarking
global gender gaps, the Report reveals those countries that are role models in dividing
resources equitably between women and men, regardless of their level of resources.
(More Information)
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October 21, 2009
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A New Decade for Equity
NAPE's 2010 Professional Development Institute
(Registration)
(Call
for Proposals)
(More Information)
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September 17, 2009
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Data Driven Decision Making Workshop
Using the Five Step Program Improvement Process to Increase the Participation and
Completion of Students in Nontraditional CTE Programs
(Registration Details and More
Information)
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September 1, 2009
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NAPE Recruitment Announcement
NAPE is looking for an Assistant Director for the NAPE Education Foundation. Resumes
are due September 30, 2009.
(More Information)
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August 31 - September 1, 2009
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From Science to Business: How to Prepare Female Scientists and Engineers to
Successfully Transition into Entrepreneurship
The standing Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM) will
convene a workshop to examine career transitions from science and engineering to
entrepreneurship in the lives of women professionals and to identify specific skill
sets necessary for them to become successful in the business world. The workshop
will feature invited presentations and discussion that will give a broad overview
of the status of women in entrepreneurship, with a specific focus on identifying
knowledge gaps in women’s skills and experiences crucial to future success in business
and critical for achieving leadership positions in entrepreneurial organizations
(Registration
Details and More Information)
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July 23 & 24, 2009
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28th National WomenTech Educators Train-the-Trainer Workshop
Strategies that work! Learn "How To" Recruit & Retain Women and Girls in the Technology
Classroom this semester and train others.
(Registration
Details and More Information)
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July 21, 2009
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Science and Technology Committee Holds STEM Hearings
The House Science and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on Research and Science
Education has held two recent hearings on science, technology, engineering and math
(STEM) education. On July 21, the subcommittee held a hearing titled "Encouraging the Participation of Female Students in STEM Fields."
Prior to the hearing, ACTE shared its recent Issue Brief, "CTE's Role in STEM,"
with committee members. The Issue Brief contains a special section on the efforts
of CTE programs to attract females and other underrepresented populations into STEM
careers, including NAPE's STEM Equity Pipeline. One of the key themes of this hearing
was the need for mentors and role models for female students pursuing STEM education
programs, an area in which CTE shows great strengths.
The following week, on July 30, a second hearing,"A Systems Approach to Improving K-12 STEM Education," focused
on efforts throughout the Chicago school system to enhance STEM education, was held.
Witnesses emphasized the importance of partnerships between education and businesses,
as well as other community groups, to help meet the STEM challenge.
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July 15, 2009
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New State RFA
The National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation is seeking
three additional states to participate in the STEM Equity Pipeline Project starting
October 1, 2009.
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June 30, 2009
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ACTE Highlights Need for STEM CTE Programs to Meet Workforce Demands
A new Issue Brief by the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) titled,
“Career and Technical Education’s Role in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math”
describes how career and technical education (CTE) can help to meet the critical
need of developing a skilled, professional STEM workforce to secure America’s economic
future. CTE courses and programs strengthen students’ understanding of STEM content
and attract students to STEM careers. (more)
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June 11, 2009
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Mathematics and Science Education
A new report from the Carnegie Corporation of New York-Institute for Advanced Study
Commission on Mathematics & Science Education argues that the United States must
mobilize for excellence in mathematics and science education so that all students
achieve much higher levels of math and science learning to ensure competitiveness
abroad and a vibrant democracy with social mobility at home. (more)
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June 1, 2009
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Girls worse at math? No way, new analysis shows
Girls can do just as well at math as boys -- even at the genius level -- if they
are given the same opportunities and encouragement, researchers reported on Monday.
(more)
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May 7, 2009
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Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap
The authors of this paper provide evidence to support their theory that a professor’s
gender affects the performance of female students in math and science classes. (more)
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April 18, 2009
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Helping Women Reach Their Potential in Math
A nonprofit group in New York offers math instruction to help women move up to better-paying
jobs.
(more)
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February 21, 2009
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Kick Off of the Great Lakes Girls Collaborative Project in Indiana
If members of your organizations or agency are interested in increasing your capacity
to involve girls in STEM through new collaboratives with others, come learn about
a new mini-grant opportunity, network with like-minded others, and get information
about the NGCP (National Girls Collaborative Project) and the GLGCP (Great Lakes
Girls Collaborative). (more)
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March 29-April 1, 2009
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Partners
on the Path to Equity: 2009 National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity & Women
Work! Professional Development Institute
Doubletree Hotel, Arlington, VA
(STEM Equity Pipeline
Leadership Institute)
(sponsorship or
donor information)
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February 19, 2009
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[Iowa] State joins equity in sciences project
The living-learning community is among more than 100 such initiatives across Iowa
that will now be coordinated at the state level through a Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics Equity Pipeline project. (more)
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February 19, 2009
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Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Girls discover their potential as engineers and learn how they can play a role in
addressing the next generation's most pressing issues. (more)
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December 21, 2008
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Expanding Women's Participation in US Science
by Sue V. Rosser, Mark Zachary Taylor, Global Education, Vol. 30 (3) - Fall 2008
Issue
(more)
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December 8, 2008
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Virginia School Tops America's Best High Schools List
For the second consecutive year, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
in Alexandria, Va., tops U.S. News & World Report's list of America's best high
schools. The school, which focuses heavily on math and science education, bested
more than 21,000 other public high schools in 48 states for the honor. (more)
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December 1, 2008
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Get Involved. Make a Difference. A Toolkit for Role Models
We are pleased to share with you Get Involved. Make a Difference. A Toolkit for
Role Models, which was developed with support from Google and the National Science
Foundation. This toolkit CD offers icebreakers and hands-on activities for role
models to use in their outreach events. The toolkit also includes sample bios and
agendas, questions to ask girls, questions for girls to ask role models, and a "Future
Engineer Certificate" which role models can give to girls upon completion of their
visit or activity.
(more)
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November 20, 2008
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WAMC Radio Series on the Role of Women in Science and Engineering Now Available
Online
WAMC Northeast Public Radio is pleased to announce that the radio series, The Sounds
of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering, is
now available for listening through WAMC’s Women in Science website. (more)
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November 7, 2008
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Engineers Make a Difference
Engineers Make a Difference is about “showing the color” of engineering and, as
a result, capturing students’ passion, imagination, curiosity and dreams; to inspire
them to create a life of abundance, meaning and satisfaction from such a pursuit.
It’s about finding ways to attract diversity in traditionally white, male-dominated
fields, and it examines how we can use engineering’s full rainbow of choices to
enhance the public’s perception of engineering — making it more understandable,
captivating and socially desirable. (more)
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November 6-8, 2008
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National Conference for Women Engineers: Women Leading a Technical Revolution
Baltimore, MD (info)
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November 2-5, 2008
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National Educators Workshop in Materials Science, Engineering and Technology
This year's theme is; It's a Materials World, Sustaining our Next Generation. Get
ready to attend another informative and educational event at the National Educators
Workshop held in Hartford, Connecticut, November 2nd - 5th 2008. This year's conference
is being hosted by The Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing. (information)
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October 28, 2008
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Only Female Awardee for Cisco Scholarship in North America is Community College
Student
Of the more than 500 applications submitted worldwide, 40 were awarded to students
from 17 countries. Each provided information about education, experience, community
service, and careers goals. Essays were also submitted on why applicants were applying
for the scholarship and meaningful volunteer or community service experience. Of
5 awards in North America, we are proud that CNIT student Marisa Mariscotti is one.
She is also the only female awardee in the U.S. Each award winner will receive $1,000
towards tuition in CCNA courses for the 2008-2009 academic year. (more)
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October 28, 2008
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Valley Girls: Padma Warrior
(Maggie Shiels, Technology Reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley)
In the first of a regular series of features profiling influential women in Silicon
Valley, Maggie Shiels talks to Padmasree Warrior - technology boss at networking
giant Cisco.
(more)
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October 21, 2008
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Two States Added to STEM Equity Pipeline Project
The NAPE Education Foundation announces the addition of Iowa and Minnesota to the
states participating in the STEM Equity Pipeline Project. Iowa, led by the Iowa
Department of Education and Minnesota, led by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
and the Minnesota Department of Education, will be joining California, Illinois,
Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin who participated in the first year of the STEM
Equity Pipeline project.
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October 16, 2008
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AAUW to Launch Major STEM Study with Funding from National Science Foundation
AAUW Receives Substantial Grant; Work to Begin in January (more)
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October 13, 2008
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Redefining the Gender Gap
(Scott Jaschik, insidehighered.com)
Both male and female undergraduates are more likely to have higher college grades
as the percentage of female faculty members increases. The more time female students
devote to exercise and sports, the higher their grades are likely to be. For male
students, more time on exercise and sports has the opposite effect. Women are more
likely to report growth in critical thinking during college if they attend private
colleges than public universities. (more)
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October 10, 2008
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Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
While the study suggests many girls have exceptional talent in math, they are rarely
identified in the U.S., because culture discourages girls - and boys - from excelling.
(more)
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October 7, 2008
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Video Game Helps Math Students Vanquish an Archfiend: Algebra
(Winnie Hu, New York Times)
More than 100 New York City schools are using a video game called "Dimension M"
to help teach pre-algebra and algebra to middle-school students. "You have to be
at the top of your game," said Salma Nakhlawi, 13, who works to improve her math
skills so she can play "Dimension M" with friends. "I used to hate math, but I've
started to like it. I actually understand it more." (more)
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September 17, 2008
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Burmaster budget request includes STEM initiative
State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster’s 2009-2011 education budget request includes
funding for a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiative
that will reinforce Wisconsin’s competitiveness in the knowledge economy. (more)
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September 11-12, 2008
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Career Technical Education Equity Council Annual Conference
Tulsa, OK (more)
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August 26, 2008
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Gender Wage Gap Narrows as Incomes Rose in 2007
A new fact sheet released by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) shows
that the earnings ratio between women and men edged upward in 2007, making up some
ground after years of stalled progress. (more)
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August 15, 2008
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Where Are the ‘T’ and ‘E’ in STEM?
Some ed-tech experts are concerned that policymakers are overemphasizing the math
and science parts of STEM at the expense of technology and engineering. (more)
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August 7, 2008
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Aerospace Industries Association and National Defense Industries Association
Workforce Committees Meeting
Dallas, TX
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August 5, 2008
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Keys to Hiring Women in Science
Two sociologists who want to push the discussion beyond anecdotes and individual
preferences think they have found evidence of steps that do make a difference in
the recruitment of women for science faculty jobs (more)
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August 4-6, 2008
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Oklahoma Career and Technical Education Conference
Oklahoma City, OK
(more)
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July 28-30, 2008
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Cisco Networking Academy Conference
Little Rock, AR (more) (Powerpoint)
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July 28, 2008
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Girl power! Summer camp grooms tomorrow's techies
These 'technology goddesses' could be your future IT workforce (more)
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July 27, 2008
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No Gender Differences in Math Performance
(ScienceDaily)
We've all heard it. Many of us in fact believe it. Girls just aren't as good at
math as boys. But is it true? After sifting through mountains of data - including
SAT results and math scores from 7 million students who were tested in accordance
with the No Child Left Behind Act - a team of scientists says the answer is no.
Whether they looked at average performance, the scores of the most gifted children
or students' ability to solve complex math problems, girls measured up to boys.
(more)
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July 25-29, 2008
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Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education Annual Conference
Boston, MA (more)
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July 25, 2008
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“Girls’ skills at math at least equal to boys’”
In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from
second through 11th (more)
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July 24, 2008
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‘Nerd Girls’ out to prove that beauties can be brainy
Group seeks to shatter stereotypes and attract girls to technology careers (more)
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July 21, 2008
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A New Frontier for Title IX: Science
(more)
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July 16, 2008
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STEM Education, Girls, and the Challenges that Follow: From the Classroom to
STEM Careers
Congressional Briefing, Washington, DC (more)
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July 10, 2008
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Texas girls participate in SMU engineering camp
The Dallas Morning News (more)
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July 9, 2008
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Cisco Networking Academy Conference
Portland, OR (more) (presentation
materials)
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July 9, 2008
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Study Shows that Gender portrayals in Commercials Affect Career Choices
Men at Work, Women Sell Food, Cleansers - Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (more)
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July 8, 2008
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U.S. Navy promotes teen technology camps, competitions
MarketWatch/Medill News Service (more)
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July 6, 2008
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Sisters among top student winners at International Science and Engineering Fair
The Philadelphia Inquirer (more)
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July 4, 2008
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Maryland Women in Technology seeking information for an upcoming report on Women
in Technology
(more)
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July 2, 2008
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Cisco Networking Academy Conference
Saratoga Springs, NY (more) (presentation
materials)
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July 2, 2008
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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and the Wisconsin Technical College
System release press announcement about their participation in the STEM Equity Pipeline
Project
(more)
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June 24, 2008
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Fewer Students Seek Tech-Related Degrees
eSchool News (more)
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May 5, 2008
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STEM Equity Pipeline seeking two additional states
Applications due July 18, 2008
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August 7, 2007
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Enrollment Surge for Women
(Andy Guess, insidehighered.com)
As concern has grown about declining enrollments of men generally in higher education,
engineering colleges and technology institutes have the opposite problem: not enough
women. But more than two years after Larry Summers thrust the controversy over women
in the sciences into the spotlight, a number of technologically oriented colleges
have posted significant gains in women’s enrollment that admissions officers are
attributing in part to beefed-up outreach efforts. (more)
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