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This 45-page research report details the experiences of three community colleges that implemented social media campaigns aimed at recruiting students. This investigation centered on the research question "What impact does the implementation of a best practice social media recruitment strategy have...

This slide deck, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), discusses how minority males are not attending or graduating from college at the same rates as their female counterparts. Some potential reasons for this discrepancy are provided as well as some potential solutions....

This webinar from the Nanotechnology Applications & Career Knowledge Center (NACK) reviews data on alumni from nanotechnology programs. Former students share their success stories and what they are doing now. The NACK Center's alumni network is also discussed. This webinar was held on March 25th,...

This Drops, Failures and Withdrawals: Increasing Online Retention webinar was presented on April 15, 2011 by Raymond Rose, who works in online education and creates online learning communities. Online education has the reputation of having an ongoing problem with a high DFW (drop, failure,...

This website is intended to help parents and teachers get girls interested in engineering and technology. This website has a list of recommended activities, readings, websites, and much more. The content is appropriate for various ages and includes many interdisciplinary topics, such as biographies...

This video, created by Weld-Ed: The National Center for Welding Education and Training, is 7 minutes long and introduces potential students of all ages to welding as a career path. The video covers the difference between welders and welding technicians, the wide range of materials joined, and the...

In this 17 page article from the International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, researchers analyzed data from 140 Latina and Caucasian girls in a California middle school during the first day of an IT-intensive after school program. They found that a young woman’s interest in computer...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. This episode of ATETV looks at designing mobile apps. Some details on common tools for creating mobile apps are discussed, as well as the future of mobile apps. Running time for the episode is 2:11.

Five years after introducing three key recruitment and retention strategies, women now make up around 42% of Harvey Mudd College’s computer science program. In this Google Tech Talk video, Christine Alvarado shares the three practices Harvey Mudd College implemented to increase the number of women...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. This episode of ATETV examines women in technical fields including engineering and lasers / photonics and how hands-on classwork can lead to more success after graduation. The video can be viewed whole...