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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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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 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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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, 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 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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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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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 (more)
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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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