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Spotlight on Women and Girls in STEM
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Calendar
NGCP Webinar: Mission Solar System:
Engaging Girls in Engineering and Space Careers,
June 12, 2013, 11:00 AM Pacific
U.S. News STEM Solutions,
Austin, TX, June 17-19, 2013
STEM Think Tank and Conference: Girl Meets STEM: Developing
the next generation of professionals, Nashville,
TN, July 17-19, 2013
NCPN Conference: Linking Education and
Economic Prosperity, San Antonio, TX, October
13-15, 2013
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Funded by a
grant from the
National Science Foundation,
GSE/EXT: STEM Equity Pipeline Project,
Grant No. HRD-0734056 and Grant No. DUE-1104163
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PIPELINE NEWS
Dear STEM
Leaders,
An article
by NAPE COO Claudia Morrell, in partnership with Carolyn Parker at
Johns Hopkins University, was recently published in Diversity & Democracy.
This is the first of many articles that we hope to publish in
scholarly journals about our work. Having this article published
secures our "culture wheel" and positions us as
groundbreakers in education to use our Micromessaging
strategy. The focus may shift the national dialogue if we can
create buzz about its importance, and I think we're getting there!
In other publication news, the STEM Equity Pipeline is highlighted
in a blog by Doug Haller
(Ohio State Team) on STEM Equity and Diversity.
You are invited to tour the NAPE website
with Research Associate Nancy Tuvesson and myself on one of three
days in June. Learn about what the NAPE website has to offer--from
descriptions of NAPE's lines of business and projects, to a variety
of high-quality tools and informative resources, to information on
relevant legislation, to upcoming events. Nancy and I will
demonstrate functionality, highlight key resources, and answer any
questions you may have via a chat function.
On June 18, I will moderate a panel on Upgrading Vocational
Education during the US News STEM Solutions conference.
Additionally, in June NAPE staff will conduct training in New
Mexico, Idaho, and Pennsylvania. We will attend and/or present at
Deloitte Impact Day, AAUW National Convention, ASEE Annual
Conference, OVAE Data Quality Institute, and ASCA Annual
Conference. Please look for us! For more details, please see the
calendar on the NAPE homepage.
For access, equity, and diversity,
Mimi
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PUBLICATIONS
Beyond STEM: Educating a Workforce of Thinkers and
Doers Richard
Hurley, President, University of Mary Washington
"State
governors, top business executives, and parents are questioning the
end products that come from liberal arts institutions. In a recent
Washington Post article, a managing director of a major financial
management company complained that a liberal arts education mainly
created "incredibly interesting, well-rounded cocktail party
guests" but not graduates who are likely to find jobs." Read More
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Villanova
Graduates a Record Number of Female Engineers Aubrey Whelan,
Philadelphia Inquirer
Calling a typical American engineering school a boys' club would be
an understatement. On average, women make up 18.2 percent of
engineering undergraduates nationwide. It's a statistic that hasn't
gone unnoticed, with colleges and universities across the country
scrambling to draw more women and minorities into engineering
majors. Villanova University is no exception--but on a recent
Sunday, 31.4 percent of its engineering students crossing the stage
at graduation were female. Read More
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Corporations,
NSF Team Up to Improve STEM Retention Rates Jeffrey Mervis, AAAS
NSF recently held a glitzy Washington, D.C., press event to
announce $10 million in grants to nine university-based projects
designed to lower dropout rates among minorities, women, and
low-income students in computer science and engineering. The twist
is that the "Graduate 10K+" initiative is being funded
not by taxpayers but by two high-tech companies: Intel and GE. Read More
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Hispanics
Wanted in STEM Careers Hispanic
Business
In a white paper prepared for the Hispanic Association of Colleges
and Universities, Gloria Crisp and Amaury Nora paint a picture of
current Hispanic STEM career aspirants and what has to be overcome
to encourage more Hispanics to pursue STEM training. Read More
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Duke
University Fuqua School of Business Presents Winning
Recommendations for Preparing Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Charleston Chronicle
Two second year MBA candidates from The Fuqua School of Business at
Duke took first place in The Executive Leadership Foundation's
(ELF) 2013 Business Case Competition, which focused on developing
workforce talent with skills in STEM disciplines. Read More
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WSU
Researcher Aims to Make STEM Education More Accessible to Native
Americans CBS
Detroit
Underrepresented minorities comprise approximately 30 percent of
the U.S. population, but only 10 percent are college educated in
STEM. Native Americans and Aboriginal Canadians are the least
represented minority group in higher education and are poorly
represented in STEM fields at all levels. A Wayne State University
study recently funded by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science aims to change these statistics. Read More
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Gender
Inequity in the National Merit Scholarship Program Bryan Nankervis
This article discusses a study which aims to examine gender
inequity in the National Merit Scholarship Program selection
process. It analyzes whether determining National Merit scholars
using PSAT cut off score policy favors male students over female
students. It found that the National Merit selection process favors
male students due to their higher mean score on the mathematics
section which gives them advantage in the first phase of the
selection process. Read More
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