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A bit of a rant but Lea’s post from mid-2013 is well written and provides a different viewpoint than we usually hear from women in STEM. Worth sharing, I think…
Lea’s Pensieve – On Women in Tech
29 Tuesday Apr 2014
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Gender Pay Gap Smaller In Tech Industry Than Other Sectors
26 Saturday Apr 2014
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Now, this is interesting and encouraging in some ways, yet disappointing about the “bro culture”. I’ll have to look more closely at this study and see if there is something here I can use in my research… From the ASEE aggregator:
Claire Cain Miller writes at the New York Times 
(4/25, Subscription Publication) “The Upshot” blog that since the “bro culture” in the tech sector has not made it “a particularly welcoming profession for women,” it is “surprising that in the tech sector, the pay gap between women and men is one of the smallest.” She writes that according to data from Harvard labor economist Claudia Goldin, “female computer scientists make 89 percent of what men in the same occupation make,” while engineering managers of both genders make roughly the same amount. She notes that these statistics “are significantly better than in other professions, including finance (66 percent), medicine (71 percent) and law (82 percent).”
(4/25, Subscription Publication) “The Upshot” blog that since the “bro culture” in the tech sector has not made it “a particularly welcoming profession for women,” it is “surprising that in the tech sector, the pay gap between women and men is one of the smallest.” She writes that according to data from Harvard labor economist Claudia Goldin, “female computer scientists make 89 percent of what men in the same occupation make,” while engineering managers of both genders make roughly the same amount. She notes that these statistics “are significantly better than in other professions, including finance (66 percent), medicine (71 percent) and law (82 percent).”US News Session Considers NAEP Technology And Literacy Test
26 Saturday Apr 2014
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Several articles are posted about this US News STEM Solutions Conference. I always find it interesting when academics feel they can decide how best to engage youth without including youth in the discussion. That being said, they are coming up with good theories on how to make curriculum more engaging. I wonder if I can test these, too… From the ASEE aggregator:
Panel Considers How To Make STEM Education More Engaging The US News & World Report (4/24, Leonard) reports that the session “Music, Magic and More” at the STEM conference focused on the delivery of STEM education, considering the question: “How can…[educators] not kill a student’s natural curiosity in the world around them?” Speakers at the session “included Parag Chordia, scientist and technology entrepreneur; Alan McCormack, professor of science education at San Diego State University; and Seymour Simon, children’s science book author.” Simon argued said that teachers shouldn’t “spoil” STEM subjects “by making it too dry and technical,” and added “make big numbers real to people.” McCormick said that testing “Present new problems involving a higher level thinking and concepts they learned,” instead of simply repeating concepts they learned.
Wyoming Group Aims To Get Girls Involved In STEM
22 Tuesday Apr 2014
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I’m starting to wonder how much of the feeling that girls can’t do science, tech, engineering or math is coming from statements like Barb Marquer’s below? It is time to start getting these comments better documented. I don’t think that girls don’t feel they can do STEM – I think they are already interested but don’t feel that girls belong in STEM. This is the perception we have to change… From the ASEE aggregator:
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle (4/20) reported on Wyoming’s STARBASE Academy which “is focused on getting girls interested in science and technology.” The project aims to keep girls interested in the STEM fields, according to program Director Barb Marquer, who added: “A lot of times, girls don’t feel like they can do things in science, technology, engineering and math because the boys overshadow them.” The group is open to girls from fifth through 12th grade and the article covers the group’s science night last weekend, which combined creativity with opportunities to expand their technical knowledge
Companies Encouraged To Attract More Female STEM Workers.
09 Wednesday Apr 2014
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Since I began my doctoral studies — of course, while continuing to work full time — I have not attended to this blog lately. I’ll be playing catch-up for a little while… The following article caught my eye and is from the ASEE aggretator:
In commentary for the US News & World Report (4/8) “Economic Intelligence” blog, Lisa Chau, a social media marketing consultant, and Marina Mijatovic, a sales engineer for an automation technology firm, write that the high salaries earned by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman are “stunning” given the fact that women only represent some 24% of US STEM workers. Noting that relatively few female college students study STEM courses, the writers write that “if more women committed themselves to STEM education and careers,” the pace of technological advance would accelerate. They note that the male-dominated nature of the tech sector tends to keep women at bay, but suggest that the higher earnings potential for STEM workers could help to attract women, which would in turn weaken the male dominance.
(4/8) “Economic Intelligence” blog, Lisa Chau, a social media marketing consultant, and Marina Mijatovic, a sales engineer for an automation technology firm, write that the high salaries earned by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman are “stunning” given the fact that women only represent some 24% of US STEM workers. Noting that relatively few female college students study STEM courses, the writers write that “if more women committed themselves to STEM education and careers,” the pace of technological advance would accelerate. They note that the male-dominated nature of the tech sector tends to keep women at bay, but suggest that the higher earnings potential for STEM workers could help to attract women, which would in turn weaken the male dominance.
Katherina Tarnai-Lokhorst, P.Eng, FEC, FGC (hon) 