Open Lab Time as a Strategy to Increase Female (and Male) Retention

This 1-page case study, provided by National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science, explains how El Camino College increased lab time for welding and electronics classes to increase female retention rates. The college also added flexibility to the lab times to allow students who were taking night classes to use the lab. The CalWomenTech Project conducted a survey of female students that inspired the increased lab time.