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Realities of Mentoring High School Students from Inner City Public Schools vs. Private Schools in STEM Research at an R1 University

Conference Session
Track: Pre-College - Technical Session 11
Collection
2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
Authors
Christine Newman, Johns Hopkins University; Margaret Hart, Johns Hopkins University; Andrea M. Perry, Garrison Forest School; Anitra Michelle Washington, Western High School; Laura Garcia
Tagged Topics
Diversity, Pre-College
directed the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program at Garrison Forest School, an independent pre-K through 12 college preparatory school outside Baltimore, since its inception in 2005. The GFS WISE program partnership with the Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering has placed over 225 GFS high school women in research labs and settings throughout the University. Ms. Perry helped with WISE program development and implementation upon coming to GFS after 19 years working in student affairs at Johns Hopkins. As Dean of Special Programs and Director of the James Center, Ms. Perry currently directs efforts at GFS aimed at public purpose and experiential education.Ms. Anitra Michelle Washington, Western
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The Effectiveness of Engineering Camps as Pre-college Recruitment Tools

Conference Session
Track: Pre-college - Technical Session 6
Collection
2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
Authors
Malle R Schilling, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton
Tagged Topics
Diversity, Pre-College
activities wherecamp participants explore different fields of engineering that also allows them to see whatengineers do [2]. Engineering camps are offered by a variety of institutions including museums,private foundations, and colleges and universities [2]. When engineering camps are hosted by acollege and university, not only do the engineering camps provide the opportunity to recruitmore students to engineering, but they also serve as a recruitment tool for the host institution [3].In order to meet the needs expressed by PCAST, engineering programs would have to recruithigh school students into engineering and retain these students through graduation fromengineering programs. Existing research suggests that engineering camps can serve as
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