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K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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Ann Beheler, Collin County Community College

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2006-488: GIRLS ARE IT--A WORKSHOP FOR RECRUITING GIRLS INTOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYAnn Beheler, Collin County Community College Ann Beheler is Dean/Executive Director of the Engineering and Emerging Technology Division of Collin County Community College and is a Ph.D. student at Walden University. She is responsible for continuing education and credit engineering and technology programs on all campuses as well as Distance Education and the Teaching and Learning Center for the district. Additionally, she manages a $2.46 million National Science Foundation grant for a Regional Center in Convergence Technology that focuses on furthering careers in the emerging career area of convergence

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International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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Nina Dahlmann, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Christian Thomsen, Technische Universitat Berlin; Marc Wilke, Technische Universitat Berlin

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2006-1318: OVERCOMING THE GENDER GAP: NEW CONCEPTS OF STUDY INTECHNOLOGICAL AREASNina Dahlmann, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik ...Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. MathematikChristian Thomsen, Technische Universitat BerlinMarc Wilke, Technische Universitat Berlin Page 11.979.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Overcoming the Gender Gap: New Concepts of Study in Technological AreasAbstractDespite extensive social changes and intensive political efforts to establish equal opportunities,women are still a minority in the fields of natural science and technology studies

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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Anaïs Miodek, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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2006-2362: A RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES PROGRAMIN NANO-TECHNOLOGYCarolyn Vallas, University of VirginiaAnaïs Miodek, University of VirginiaLarry Richards, University of Virginia Page 11.111.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES PROGRAM IN NANO-TECHNOLOGYThe Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at the University of Virginia (UVa) fundedby the National Science Foundation (NSF) is a ten-week long summer research opportunity forundergraduate students concentrating in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(STEM). The main objective is to involve students, targeting those who

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International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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Mike Murphy; Cecilia Chan, Dublin Institute of Technology

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2006-2560: WOMEN, ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH - PROVIDING CHOICEAND BALANCE?Cecilia Chan, Dublin Institute of Technology Cecilia Chan has published a number of conference papers on Engineering Education in areas of retention, recruiting, motivation and support for non-traditional students such as international students, and female engineers to disseminate successful educational strategies. She is also committed to encourage more women into Engineering. She is also an active researcher in the areas of digital signal processing, machine vision, bio-metrics and medical imaging engineering.Michael Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Firouzeh Keshmiri, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ann Bloor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mary Jo Wellenstein, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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partnership and sharing of best practices between thetwo states. Page 11.1453.2IntroductionUS jobs are growing more rapidly in areas that require science, technology, engineering andmath (STEM) knowledge and skills. A major shortage in skilled American workers threatens theability to compete in the global marketplace. The number of American engineers is decreasingsignificantly and countries that traditionally have not graduated many engineers in the past, suchas India and China, are now drawing significantly ahead of the United States. In the next 10years, the United States will need 100,000 engineers and technicians per year. Yet the USeducational

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K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Leandra Aburusa-Lete, Boise State University; Christa Budinoff, Visioneering LLC; Janet Callahan; Michael Luque, Boise School District; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Michelle Taylor, Micron Technology, Inc.

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Science, her M.S. in Metallurgy and her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. Her educational research interests include freshmen engineering programs, and recruitment and retention issues in engineering.Michael Luque, Boise School District Michael Luque is initiator of the Boise science and technology girls program that evolved into e-Girls. He retired in 2005 from the Boise School District after teaching for 29 years. He taught General Biology, A+ Computer Certification, and Web Design.Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University Cheryl B. Schrader is Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University. Dean

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Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

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Engineering Education, 2006 Partners in Engineering: Outreach efforts provide holistic engineering education for middle school girlsAbstractThe Partners in Engineering (PIE) program brings together 8th grade girls and female engineeringstudents from Clarkson University to experience mentoring, leadership, and real-life engineeringproblem solving. The program aims to empower young women to make informed and educatedchoices for advanced coursework and careers in engineering and technology-related fields. Ateam of female engineering student mentors teaches a three-week long engineering problemsolving unit to 8th grade technology classes, in which students apply an engineering

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Climate Issues for Women Students

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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2006-548: WOMEN ENGINEERS: FACTORS AND OBSTACLES RELATED TOTHE PURSUIT OF A DEGREE IN ENGINEERINGRose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling is a Professor of Human Behavior in Engineering in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois. Her research interests relate to the career development of women in management, information technology, and engineering. Her reseach also focuses on diversity and human behavior in engineering.Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Cristina Camacho is a Graduate Student and Research Associate in the Department of Industrial and

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International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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that worked in refugee camps in areas hit with natural disasters and civil conflicts. Atthe end of the semester, students write reflective essays on civil engineering and why they maywant to become civil engineers. In these essays, 50% of the 8 women and 21% of the 84 menstated an interest in serving society. One female student wrote: “I was surprised and interested toread [about] the international and service aspects.... I would like to find out more about this formof ‘emergency civil engineering’.” Another female student commented: “I like that I would bedoing something that makes a difference in the community.”The three-credit First-Year Engineering Projects course (GEEN 1400) has had a few sectionsfocused on “Appropriate Technology” over

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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Barb Silver, University of Rhode Island; G. Boudreaux-Bartels, University of Rhode Island; Helen Mederer, University of Rhode Island; Lynn Pasquerella, University of Rhode Island; Joan Peckham, University of Rhode Island; Mercedes River-Hudec, University of Rhode Island; Karen Wishner, University of Rhode Island

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.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Page 11.143.3© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Warmer Climate for Women in EngineeringABSTRACT: In 2000, University of Rhode Island (URI) President Carothers acknowledged,following an extended and sometimes acrimonious AAUP faculty union grievance process, thatthere had been a climate hostile to women faculty in the College of Engineering. The purpose ofthis paper is to describe the positive steps that were taken at URI subsequent to that grievance toimprove the climate for women faculty in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)fields, and to place these steps within a framework for climate change

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Emma Seiler, Mississippi State University

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engineering discipline. Several students’comments indicated they gained a better understanding of engineering and what it takes tobecome an engineer. One student, an eleventh grader during the 2001 WISE Women programstated, “The camp gave me a window to see what exactly each field of engineering did and howeach field affects the daily lives of everyone around the world!” This student is now a senior inAerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University.Introduction Page 11.1337.2To promote careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology among the youth oftoday, the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University has an

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K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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Karen White, Purdue University; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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2006-242: A PROTOCOL FOR EVALUATING WEB-BASED RESOURCES TOINTEREST GIRLS IN STEM CAREERSKaren White, Purdue University Karen F. White is a graduate student in the Department of Organizational Leadership in the College of Technology, Purdue UniversityMara Wasburn, Purdue University Mara H. Wasburn is Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership in the College of Technology, Purdue University. Page 11.104.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Protocol for Evaluating Web-Based Resources to Interest Girls in STEM Careers There is a quiet crisis

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Climate Issues for Women Students

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Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Soyoung Lee, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros

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2006-611: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH WOMEN'S INTEREST INCOMPUTING FIELDSElizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech Elizabeth Creamer is an associate professor of educational research in the Department of Educational Research and Policy Studies at Viginia Tech. She is the co-PI of the Women and Information Technology project funded by NSF, PI of a grant to assess the climate of engineering departments, and Director of Research and Assessment for the Virginia Tech Advance Project. Creamer's disciplinary background is in the field of higher education and her research insterests involve gender equity and faculty careers and work-family issues.Soyoung Lee, Virginia Tech Soyoung Lee is a graduate

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll, Boise State University

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California at Berkeley. Her professional experience includes Hewlett Packard in San Jose, CA and in Colorado Springs, CO. Dr. Moll especially enjoys teaching introductory engineering courses and engineering outreach activities. Page 11.1445.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 What Women Want: Female-Friendly Faculty RecruitmentAbstractMuch of the economic vitality and the quality of life we enjoy as a nation is a direct result of theinspiration and innovation of scientists and engineers. Our future well-being appears to be evenmore dependent on technological advances. Where will the workforce be

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Preventing Marginalization of Underrepresented Students on Teams

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Paige Smith, University of Maryland-College Park; Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland-College Park; Patricia F. Mead; Stephanie Adams

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Associate Professor of Industrialand Management Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska Lincoln College of Engineeringand Technology. Dr. Adams is presently serving as a Fellow for the American Association forthe Advancement of Science and the National Science Foundation. The fellowship program isdesigned to provide a unique public policy learning experience and to provide insight into thedecision-making processes of the foundation. Dr. Adams will spend the next year in Washington,D.C., working in NSF's Directorate for Engineering, Division of Engineering Education andCenters. Adams research has included focused on engineering education. In 2003, she received a$587,568 career grant from NSF to implement "Designing Effective Teams in the

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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Jana Renner Martinez, University of Texas-El Paso; Evelyn Posey, University of Texas-El Paso

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Renner is the Program Coordinator for the NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation for Faculty Diversity initiative at the University of Texas at El Paso. Prior to this, she was the Assistant Director for the UTEP Model Institutions for Excellence Program. She currently serves on the UTEP President's Advisory Committee on Women. Page 11.647.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Focusing the Lens on Women Faculty Issues: Three Years of ADVANCE at the University of Texas at El PasoTwenty-five years since Congress first initiated the Women in Science and Technology EqualOpportunity

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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power in shifting the balance ofparticipation in intercollegiate athletics from 15 percent women in 1972 to more than 40 percenttoday. This has inspired some to look to Title IX to similarly transform science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) educational programs and activities to achieve similargains. But Title IX in the athletic context differs markedly from Title IX in the academiccontext, and similar tactics likely cannot produce similar results.This paper looks at Title IX in the academic context, differentiates it from Title IX in the athleticcontext and explores how successes in one area do not necessarily portend similar successes inthe other. It also examines issues raised in a recent report by the U.S

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Climate Issues for Women Students

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Heidi Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach; Lisa Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach; Darris White, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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reasons.Female participation in the project istraditionally low. The studentcompetition has existed for almost 30years and the project guidelines are wellestablished. The rules of thecompetition allow a school to bring twoteams, which means that an all-women’steam does not preclude maleparticipation in the competition. Theproject is technologically challengingand requires the application of soundengineering principles. The project isalso very rewarding since the studentseventually get to drive a vehicle that Figure1: SAE Mini-Baja Vehiclethey have designed and built fromscratch.Since the inception of the all-women mini baja team coincided with the formation of theMechanical Engineering program in 2005, there is currently not a lot of data on

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1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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Joseph Urban, Arizona State University; Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Faye Navabi, Arizona State University; Debra Banks, Consultant

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DEBRA L. BANKS, COOL Evaluator and former Director of Evaluation and Assessment for CRESMET (ASU), is now the Director of Outreach and Operations for Innovative Tailor Made Training and Technology (ITTT) in Berkeley, CA. She has been evaluating major school reform and technical programs for 14 years. She has served as a co-PI for several grants including COOL and the METS Project. Page 11.603.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 EVALUATING SELF-ASSESSMENT AND A PLACEMENT EXAMINATION FOR A FIRST COURSE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE: HOW DO WOMEN AND

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Climate Issues for Women Students

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Sheila Edwards Lange, University of Washington

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. Etzkowitz, C. Kemelgor, and B. Uzzi, Athena unbound: The advancement of women in science and technology. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.[9] S. Brainard and L. Carlin, "A six-year longitudinal study of undergraduate women in engineering and science," Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 369-375, 1998.[10] J. S. Long, From scarcity to visibility: Gender differences in the careers of doctoral scientists and engineers / J. Scott Long, editor ; Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Panel for the Study of Gender Differences in the Career Outcomes of Science and Engineering Ph.D.s, National Research Council. Washington, D.C. :: National Academy Press,, 2001.[11] Goodman Research Group

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Women & New Faculty Development

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Eve Riskin, University of Washington; Kate Quinn, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington

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2006-1089: DEMYSTIFYING FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES FOR FACULTY:RESOURCES FOR DEPARTMENT CHAIRSEve Riskin, University of Washington Eve Riskin received her BS degree in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. and her graduate degrees in EE from Stanford. Since 1990, she has been in the EE Department at the University of Washington where she is now Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. With ADVANCE, she works on mentoring and leadership development programs for women faculty in SEM. Her research interests include image compression and image processing. She was awarded a National Science

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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Moshe Hartman, Retired

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Department of Sociology.IntroductionSince 2000, the Accrediting Board of Engineering and Technology has emphasized as one of its11 program outcomes in Criteria 3 the importance for engineering students to master “an abilityto function on multi-disciplinary teams”1 and hence the need to integrate teambuilding skills intothe undergraduate engineering curriculum. This need has arisen because of changes in theworkplace, which now develops engineers into specializations, and requires collaborationbetween specialists and with non-engineers for product planning, design, and completion.Cutting edge engineering programs integrate teambuilding skills and experience into theircurriculum (see, for example, www.foundationcoalition.org).As Rosser2 notes, there

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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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Dawn Farver, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas

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careers. Journal of College Science Teaching 33: 24-26. 6. Huang, P.M. and S.G. Brainard. 2001. Identifying determinants of academic self-confidence among science, math, engineering and technology students. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 7: 315-337. 7. Meinholt, C. and S.L. Murray.1999. Why aren’t there more women engineers? Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 5: 239-263. 8. Nauta, M.M., D.L. Epperson and K.L. Waggoner. 1999. Perceived causes of success and failure: Are women’s attributions related to persistence in engineering majors? Journal of Research in Science Teaching 36(6): 663-676

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1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Motivate 4 (Amy Smith, Coordinator of Leadership Development) 5 Class Discussion/Girl Scout Planning Engineering Expo and Mock Interview 6 Process Discussion ePortfolio: Online, Personal Information Management 7 Brent Jesiek, Science and Technology Studies Learning to Lead by Learning Yourself 8 (Tim Filbert, Assistant Director of

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International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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Alicia Abadie, Louisiana State University; Ann Christy, Ohio State University; Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge

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career couple issues; these issues were mentionedmuch more in 2005-2006 than in 1998. In an open-ended survey question, 47% of respondentsmentioned that addressing dual career and family issues is key to making the climate as inclusiveas possible for women in engineering.ReferencesASEE. 2004. Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges. Engineeringstatistics summarized and found at http://asee.org/about/publications/profiles/index.cfmCauble, S., Christy, A. and Lima, M. 1999. A Survey of Biological and Agricultural EngineeringFemale Faculty in North America. American Society for Engineering Education AnnualProceedings, Charlotte, NC. (CD-ROM)Cauble, S., Christy, A. and Lima, M. 2000. Toward plugging the leaky pipeline: Women

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1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Amanda Funai, University of Michigan; Allison Interrante, Northeastern University; Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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undergraduate studentswith supplemental tutoring and test reviews. This program operates in parallel with many othersocial and academic programs to help women such as: a Connections Learning LivingCommunity for freshman engineering women, a Connections computer lab designed solely forwomen in science and technology, an active SWE chapter, and other activities. Thiscombination helps to combat the “chilly” environment many women engineering students havereported nationally. Page 11.354.3The goals of this CPR program are to increase the confidence and academic aptitude of womenin their freshman year. Physics was chosen because of its traditionally low