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Diversity & Women’s Programs Diversity & Women’s Programs MissionMissionTo support diversity on the WPI
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Providing leadership in campus efforts on issues of diversity and pluralismProviding support and advocacy to women studentsProviding pipeline programs aimed at achieving greater diversity at WPI
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Do Women at WPI Need Do Women at WPI Need Support and Advocacy?Support and Advocacy?
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Highest Percentage of Highest Percentage of Women by DepartmentWomen by Department
Biology/Biotech 69% (151)
Biomedical Engineering 51% (58)
Biochemistry 51% (29)
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Lowest Percentage of Lowest Percentage of Women by Department Women by Department
Manufacturing 20% (3)Management 19% (27)Humanities 18% (2)Mechanical 18% (99)Physics 15% (8)Electrical Engineering 9% (44)Computer Science 8% (44)
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Quality of Life Survey Quality of Life Survey ResponsesResponses
Student Life initiative using ACT standardized instrument in Jan, 2003Administered to 1,895 studentsStratified sample, women and minorities over-represented39% return rate (better than expected)264 women, 411 men responded
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Quality of Life Survey Quality of Life Survey SummarySummary
In general, women are happy with their quality of life at WPIThere appear to be some issues around career planning, probably due to the number of women in bio-related majorsThere appear to be some issues around health care provisions for women
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Issues not identified by Issues not identified by surveysurvey
Perception of different admissions criteria for womenBitterness regarding different financial assistance for womenAssumption that women at WPI are all bio majors (and that bio is less demanding than other majors)“RIBS” SyndromeTokenism in the classroom
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ODAWP Efforts to Support ODAWP Efforts to Support Women StudentsWomen Students
Mailing to prospective students with welcome and “Woman to Woman: Your First Year at WPI”Development of women’s brochure in progressProspective student overnight programsReception for incoming women students and parents during orientation
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ODAWP Efforts to Support ODAWP Efforts to Support Women StudentsWomen Students
Girls’ Night Out (GNO)- Series of social events- Planned by a committee of women students- Intended to help women build same-sex friendships
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ODAWP Efforts to Support ODAWP Efforts to Support Women StudentsWomen Students
Fall speaker on sexual assaultWomen’s History Month programmingProfessional development workshops (e.g. soldering, computer confidence workshops)Conduit of relevant information (e.g. aerobics, job fairs, RAD classes)
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Women’s Industry Network (WIN)- Cluster networking program between women students and professionals- Industry sponsored (CISCO Systems, Compaq/HP, GE, Turner Construction, Gillette)- Dinner and topic one night each term- Clusters meet independently
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Society of Women Engineers AdvisorWomen in Electrical and Computer Engineering AdvisorAthena Project Steering CommitteeCommunity CouncilSororities (as needed)Advocacy and support on an individual basis
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Training initiatives:- Diversity training for student leaders (e.g. resident advisors, orientation leaders, peer learning assistants)- Inter-cultural gender communication workshop for TAs- Sexual harassment workshop for faculty and graduate students
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ODAWP Efforts to Support ODAWP Efforts to Support Women StudentsWomen Students
Computer Science – Unlocking the ClubhousePhysics – Sheila TobiasPromotion of faculty postings in Faculty for the Future and other Outlets