All Entries Tagged With: "STEM fields"
University of Nevada to Hold Its First Engineering Camp for Girls
In the past the University of Nevada has held engineering camps. But this is the first year that the university will hold a camp that is exclusively for girls ages 13 to 15.
Lehigh University Program Encourages Middle School Girls to Consider Engineering
Sixty middle school girls came to the Lehigh campus and conducted several hands on experiments geared toward creating an interest in engineering.
Florida State Researcher Examines What Impacts Women’s Persistence in STEM Disciplines
Roxanne Hughes was recently honored by Phi Delta Kappa International for having one of the five best doctoral dissertations on education in the world.
Salem College Receives Grant for Scientific Equipment
The women’s college in North Carolina received $50,000 from the Cobb Foundation of Boca Raton, Florida.
Pennsylvania Colleges Share Grant to Increase Women Teaching in the Sciences
Shippensburg University, Elizabethtown College, and the Harrisburg University for Science and Technology will participate in the project.
Program for Women Scientists at the University of Nevada Enrolls Its Largest Class to Date
WISE program celebrates its fifth anniversary with its largest incoming class.
Study Concludes That Romance Contributes to the Gender Gap in STEM Fields
Lora E. Park, associate professor of psychology at the University of Buffalo, is the lead author of a study entitled “Effects of Everyday Romantic Goal Pursuit on Women’s Attitudes Toward Math and Science.”
Is the Gender Gap in STEM Fields Overstated?
Study finds that the gender gap is reduced if a broader definition of STEM fields which includes biological and health sciences is used.
Government Study Documents Gender Gap in STEM Education and Jobs
Women hold only 24 percent of the jobs in STEM fields, the same percentage as is the year 2000.
STEM Scholarship Program Extended at St. Catherine University
New funding means that at least 65 women will receive scholarships over the next five years.
Increasing the Interest of Young Women in STEM Fields
The Transportation Academy at University of Tennessee and the First Bytes Summer Camp at the University of Texas were held this past week.
Dartmouth College Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Its Women in Science Project
The project aims to boost the number of women earning degrees in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering.
Gender Gap in Graduate Enrollments at Princeton
This spring, only 38 percent of students admitted to Princeton’s graduate programs are women.
Ranking the States in Producing Women Graduates in STEM Fields
Some states did a far better job in steering women toward degrees in STEM fields than other states.
Women Are Increasing Their Share of Degrees in STEM Fields
New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows that women are making progress in closing the gender gap in degree attainments in the so-called STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In 2009, women earned 134,634 degrees in STEM fields. This was up from 127,134 STEM degrees in 2001. In 2009 women earned […]
