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Dear STEM Leaders,
We are excited for this week's webinar, which focuses on the STEM Classroom to Career: Opportunities to Close the Gap report recently released by NAPE and its partners in the Research Consortium on STEM Career Pathways. We hope you will join us Thursday, September 1, at 1 pm ET for this important discussion that includes implications and strategies for the formal and informal educational environment. There is still time to register!
The research begun through the report will continue this year with additional surveys to students around the country focused on their perception of opportunities in STEM. We invite you to consider including your students.
The field continues to shift, just as student perceptions do. In our recent research, we found that the majority of STEM students (51%) saw their STEM courses as "extremely" or "very important" to their future careers. Our ultimate objective is to stimulate a dialogue on career pathways among parents, teachers, and students.
By including your students as part of this important research project, you can help them:
- further consider their strengths, interests, and the career options open to them;
- receive targeted information from colleges, universities, career and technical schools, and other postsecondary institutions seeking to recruit students with their specific interests, talents, skill sets, and career goals;and
- gain more access to postsecondary scholarship opportunities.
Please watch your in-box during the back-to-school season for a package from The Research Consortium on STEM Career Pathways. If you want to make sure you receive this package, please fill out this simple on-line form or email [email protected] to make sure you're on the list! Please visit the websites of the consortium partners for postings about our research and for other useful information. Thank you for participating, and we'll look forward to seeing you Thursday!
Mimi
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Women 1.5 Times More Likely to Leave STEM Pipeline after Calculus Compared to Men
J. Ellis et al.
A lack of mathematical confidence is a potential culprit.
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How Women Are Harassed Out of Science
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The discrimination young researchers endure makes America's need for STEM workers even greater.
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Why Do So Many Women Who Study Engineering Leave the Field?
SS Silbey, Harvard Business Review
Female students do as well or better than male students in school-but often point to the hegemonic masculine culture of engineering itself as a reason for leaving.
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Sobering: Gen Z on Track to Cause Major IT, STEM Crisis
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Gen Z's dependence on tech and tech support not mirrored in their career choices; IT dearth a massive problem on the horizon.
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Robotics Can Get Girls Into STEM, But Some Still Need Convincing
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Trans Women and Non-Binary Femme Tech Entrepreneurs Have a New Legal Resource
MR Dickey, Tech Crunch
Through FEMPRENEUR.XYZ, trans women and non-binary femme entrepreneurs will be able to access pro-bono in-person or web-based services to help them incorporate their businesses and legally change their names.
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The
K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a new digital show that features conversations from professionals about bringing engineering to students at younger ages, before college.
Laboratoria is a tech social enterprise that empowers young women from low-income backgrounds by giving them access to education and work in the digital sector.
The
Untold History of Women in Science and Technology: Listen to women from across the Administration tell the stories of their personal heroes across the fields of STEM.
YouTube's
Physics Girl delivers on fun and science.
Watch these profile videos from
SciGirls.
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NGCP Webinar:
The Importance of a Growth Mindset: Action Steps for Educators, September 21, 2016, 10:00-11:00 am Pacific
Teaching 3D Spatial Skills Workshop, Dallas, TX, September 30, 2016, 9 am-4 pm
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference, Houston, TX, October 19-21, 2016
Society of Women Engineers: WE16, Philadelphia, PA, October 27-29, 2016
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