increasing female enrollment in stem education · increasing female enrollment in stem education...
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Increasing Female
Enrollment in STEM
Education
Tamara LasleyVirginia Highlands Community College
Pamela SilversAsheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Sharon SuessBlue Ridge Community College
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NSF ATE Grant (History)
• Skilled Workers Get Jobs:
Recruiting Women and Retaining ALL Students
(2012-2015) -- $199,896
• Skilled Workers Get Jobs 2.0: Appalachian Impact
(2015-2018) -- $900,000
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Focus of Grant
• Recruit
• Retain
• Disseminate (Share)
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Results from First Grant
• Female enrollment increased
from 39 to 75 women (12 – 20%)
• Male enrollment increased
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Our Goal For Students
. . . a sense of belonging
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Belonging Where?
• Recruiting
• Campus
• Program
• Other students
• Faculty
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The definition of insanity is doing the same
thing over and over again, but expecting
different results
Albert Einstein
(or Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin)
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Starting Points
• Our focus has been on increasing female enrollment in
traditionally male programs
• We are looking at the 30,000 foot view – so broader
generalizations
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So what can we do?
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When you think computer
professional, who comes to mind?
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Underlying Facts
• Women do not see themselves in many STEM
professions
• Marketing points – salary, job potential and the
technology - tend to appeal to males
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Skills that Appeal
• Help others
• Work in teams
• Solve problems
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Adapt Your Message to HOW Students
Choose Careers
• Men Salary, job potential and the technology
• Women Help others, work in teams and solve
problems
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Marketing
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Consider YOUR
message for someone
unfamiliar with the
career
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Civil Engineering (BEFORE)
A course of study that prepares students to use basic
engineering principles and technical skills to carry out
planning, documenting and supervising tasks in sustainable
land development and public works and facilities projects.
Includes instruction in the communication and computational
skills required for materials testing, structural testing, field
and laboratory testing, site analysis, estimating, project
management, plan preparation, hydraulics, environmental
technology, and surveying.
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Civil Engineering (AFTER)
The Civil Engineering Technology curriculum trains future
technicians to help make our community a better place. Civil
Engineering Technicians ensure clean rivers and streams,
design efficient and sustainable buildings (often retrofitting
old ones), improve safety on roads to help reduce accidents,
develop mass transit alternatives, ensure safe drinking
water, preserve natural ecosystems for wildlife, and design
infrastructure that saves lives.
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Marketing Materials
Theme – Picture Yourself
• Display board
• Posters
• Notable women
• Technology posters
• Bulletin boards
• Bookmarks
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Recruiting
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Determine YOUR Goal
• Career awareness
• Recruiting
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Career Awareness
• Middle school career days
• ESTEAM event (great PR)
• Women in History Month
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High Schools
• Check the data
• Students vs. personnel
• Innovative Expo
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Recruiting: Go Where the Students ARE
• Displaced and unemployed worker programs
• GED students
• Undeclared majors
• Job Link
• Admissions and counseling staff
Wherever you have
NON-Traditional Students
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I've learned that people will forget what
you said, people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you
made them feel.
Maya Angelou
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Questions?