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White House Science Fair To Encourage Girls To Study STEM

20 Tuesday May 2014

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I hope there is some way attendance and academic interest is tracked to measure the success of a “specific focus on girls and women” in a science fair like this. From the ASEE aggregator:
 
USA Today (5/20, Jackson) reports that the Administration “is hoping its annual White House Science Fair will encourage more girls to take up science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education,” noting that the May 27 event “will also feature the usual assortment of robots, machines, and other science projects.” The article quotes a White House blog post saying, “With students from a broad range of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competitions, this year’s Fair will include a specific focus on girls and women who are excelling in STEM and inspiring the next generation with their work.”

Navy Nuke Vet Seeks To Inspire Hispanic Students To Study Engineering

16 Friday May 2014

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Perhaps another collaborator as I work on diversity. Honestly, when we make the social changes necessary to support more women entering and staying in engineering, we are most likely to be successful if these changes increase accessibility to all: all genders, all cultures. From the ASEE aggregator:

ABC News (5/16) profiles former “US Navy Nuke” Barry Cordero, who “never heard of engineering as a child” when he was growing up “poor in the South Side of Chicago as the descendant of immigrants from both Mexico and Germany.” The article describes Cordero’s Navy service, noting that he “decided to pursue a bioengineering degree” after leaving the Navy, and in July 2013 “was named president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.” The piece quotes Cordero saying, “Engineering is still not that known in the Latino community. We have a very difficult problem with them achieving and becoming an engineer or scientist.”

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 Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (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).”

Revamped Computer Science Classes At UC Berkeley Attracting More Female Students

24 Monday Feb 2014

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Oh! I missed this one last week! This is very interesting: I’ll have to look into how they “reimagined” the computer science classes. From the AEEE aggregator:

The San Francisco Chronicle (2/18, Brown) reports on an introductory computer science course at UC Berkeley that has more female students than male students. Prof. Dan Garcia said the goal of the introductory course is to expand beyond “just programming,” to make the material “kind of right-brained as well.” The Chronicle reports that Berkeley and other universities have seen an increase in the number of female computer science students. The increase in female computer science students has “coincided with a reimagining of computer science classes,” the article notes.

New York Colleges Work To Increase Number Of Girls Studying Engineering

24 Monday Feb 2014

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I think the longitudinal study may be in order to see if this event really makes a difference to gender balance. From the ASEE aggregator:
Newsday (2/23, Ferrette) reported the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury held “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” last week. The goal of the NYIT event was to get more girl interested in engineering. Organizers of the event said it brought the girls “into the college engineering pipeline.” The Stony Brook University, Hofstra University and Farmingdale State College said they see some progress enrolling girls in their engineering programs. Officials at the engineering schools credit “high school science camps and other programs that support young girls.”

Engineering Emergency | Change the Equation

19 Wednesday Feb 2014

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Just received an email with this link:  Engineering Emergency | Change the Equation.

I am curious where women fit into this equation…  Still, this is a concern for our American neighbours and, therefore, a concern for us.  Fairness is necessary for all and that should really include equal access to higher levels of mathematics and physics courses in high school.  What this page does not tell is whether high schools that did offer those courses were open and accessible for these students — oh, and what is the percentage of white student who attended high schools that did not offer these courses? Continue reading →

No Girls, Blacks, or Hispanics Take AP Computer Science Exam in Some States

10 Monday Feb 2014

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I am chagrined to see that the uptake of technology programs by women is sporadic, yet I still hope to affect widespread change — which starts with awareness. This article from Education Week (Heitin, Jan 10, 2014) highlights how few US girls signed up for and completed the computer science AP test – complete with a very interesting graphic.

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Study: Minorities, Women Still Underrepresented In Engineering Field

07 Friday Feb 2014

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Still news to some, I suppose. From the ASEE aggregator:
US News & World Report (2/6, Neuhauser) reports that, according to an annual report from the National Science Board, minorities and women are still underrepresented in the engineering and science fields. The report said “African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians and Alaska Natives” made up ten percent of science and engineering workers in 2010, the report said. But, that is only up “from 7 percent in 1993,” according to the report. Women, the report found, are also underrepresented. Females made up less than 30 percent of engineering and science workers.

Girls From 13 California Schools Attend Mathematics, Science Conference

27 Monday Jan 2014

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hmmm…I am curious if this conference results in increased female enrolments in science. From the ASEE aggregator:

The Victorville (CA) Daily Press (1/25, Self) reported hundreds of girls from more than a dozen schools around California participated in the “Celebration of Women in Mathematics and Science” conference on Friday. The girls separated into several workshops on topics including, aeronautical engineering, energy management and robotics.