Mar 28, 2018
What are we missing out on because the way STEM is currently taught in many schools turns students off from science and technology? Join Donna Milgram, a nationally-recognized expert on women in STEM and the Executive Director of the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science, to learn why a... |
Mar 28, 2018
Dr. Sheryl Sorby, Professor of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University, is the international expert on boosting spatial reasoning skills in female STEM students to improve retention. In this session, She will share how in only 12 teaching contact hours she improved retention of female engineering students by...
Mar 28, 2018
Pamela Silvers, the Chairperson of Computer Technologies at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in North Carolina, increased female enrollment in her program by 95% from 39 to 76 female students. Currently she is PI for a National Science Foundation ATE Grant entitled, รข??Skilled Workers Get Jobs: Recruiting...
Mar 28, 2018
STEM Education expert Dr. Mary R. Anderson-Rowland has achieved an average of 40% female enrollment and a 90% graduation rate for two STEM Academic Scholarship Programs she directs at Arizona State University. Her programs have an emphasis on under-represented minority students with unmet financial need, but still have...
Mar 28, 2018
In the Computer Networking and Information Technology (CNIT) department, chaired by Carmen Lamha at City College of San Francisco, the percentage of female students increased from 18% to an average enrollment rate of 26%. The retention rates of female students increased from a 64% baseline to a high of 86%, and the... |