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This study, from the Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network, examined the efficacy of a female engineering outreach program called Women Engineers at the Beach. After participating in the program, 61.5% of female high school students performing at grade level in math and 90.1% of female...

This resource, from Educational CyberPlayGround, provides information about women's important contributions to the history of computing and computers. The stories of notable women are presented, such as those profiled in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures," Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary...

This page from The Academy for College Excellence (ACE) highlights key points of the project's teaching method. Students take all of their classes in a cohort of approximately 29 students to build a network of support. They begin with an intensive foundation course followed by a bridge semester....

This 33-page guide, published by Brown University, discusses achieving gender equity in science classrooms. The guide "recommends concrete strategies to keep female college students coming back to science classes." These strategies include personalizing large classes, shifting from a competitive to...

In this 4-page interview, IWITTS’s Executive Director Donna Milgram shares proven strategies STEM educators can use to recruit and retain more women and girls to their STEM courses. Milgram points out some common misconceptions about the best way to recruit and retain more female students to STEM,...

This video, from WGBH, looks at Andres Berrio and his current job as an associate scientist. This video examines what someone can do with experience and education in laboratory science, what skills are needed to succeed in this field, and what employees can do to shine to employers. Viewers will...

This video, created by ATETV and presented by WGBH, takes a look at internships and co-ops that students can participate in while earning their degree. This video explains the value of participating in internships and co-ops to gain valuable workplace experience to show employers after graduation....

This page from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, offers a number of best practice guides for outreach. Each of these downloadable resource booklets addresses a topic related to technological education and the workforce pipeline, ranging from introducing and...

This 5-page paper, from the Workforce Strategy Center, discusses bridge training programs. These programs "are designed to prepare individuals without the requisite basic skills for postsecondary training leading to career-path employment and further learning in a specific industry or occupational...

Between 2006 and 2010, the percentage of women in the College of Engineering rose from 27.7% to 33.4% at Cornell University and the graduation rate for women from the College of Engineering increased from 75.5% to 82.6%. The key areas of focus for the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation...