Recruitment and Retention of Women in Engineering and Engineering Technology

由于男性占美国制造业劳动力的三分之二以上，女性是尚未开发的人才资源，可以帮助美国制造商变得更具全球竞争力。康涅狄格州诺沃克社区学院的这个项目与行业合作伙伴合作，以满足地区对工程和工程技术(E&amp；et)职业性别多样性的需求，旨在吸引更多女性参加大学E&amp；et教育项目。在研究成果的基础上，该项目将专注于以下以学生为中心的目标：(1)设计和实施战略，以在教育和技术教育项目中招募和留住女学生；(2)通过在课程中和通过学生支持计划实施高影响力的实践，留住女学生；以及(3)设计和提供一门结合实际的中级代数课程，其中包括提高女学生成功率的基于研究的方法。由于该学院最近被指定为拉美裔服务机构，该项目将努力增加拉美裔女学生的数量，进一步支持科学、技术、工程和数学劳动力的多样化。将完成一项全面评估，以帮助确定哪些战略最有效以及对谁最有利。这个项目可能会提供一个模式，供其他社区学院和雇主用来增加劳动力的多样性。新的招聘和保留战略将建立在同行机构进行的早期ATE项目的基础上，并使用已经开发的资源来解决E&amp；ET项目中的性别差距。与当地商业和行业合作伙伴的小组讨论将旨在提高校园对该项目的认识，并鼓励教师加强他们的课程设置。通过在线培训和校园研讨会，教师将学习支持不同学习者的工具和技术，以及如何将这些技术应用于他们的课程。该项目将设计并试行一门情境化的中级代数课程，因为大多数大学E&amp；et学生都是从那个级别开始的，这是尚未决定的学生的必修课。报名参加该课程的女生将被鼓励攻读E&amp；et学位。该课程将包括女性友好的例子、课堂上的小组工作以及团队项目，在这些项目中，女性可以培养对自己学习的社区意识和主人翁意识。这门课程将成为其他致力于将背景和女性支持实践纳入其课程的教职员工的典范。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Because men make up more than two-thirds of the manufacturing workforce in the United States, women are an untapped resource of talent to help US manufacturers become more globally competitive. Working collaboratively with industry partners to address the regional demand for gender-diversity in engineering and engineering technology (E&ET) occupations, this project at Norwalk Community College in Connecticut aims to to attract more females to the college E&ET education programs. Building on research findings, the project will focus on the following student-centered objectives: (1) designing and implementing strategies for recruiting and retaining female students in E&ET programs; (2) retaining female students by implementing high-impact practices within courses and through student support programs; and (3) designing and delivering a contextualized Intermediate algebra course that includes research based methods for increasing success rates of female students. Because the college has recently been designated a Hispanic Serving Institution, the project will strive to increase in the number of Hispanic female students, further supporting the diversification of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce. A comprehensive evaluation will be completed to help determine which strategies work best and for whom. This project may provide a model that other community colleges and employers can use to increase workforce diversity.The new recruitment and retention strategies will build upon earlier ATE projects that have been conducted at peer institutions and use resources that have been developed to address the gender gap in E&ET programs. Panel discussions with local business and industry partners will aim to raise awareness of the program on campus and encourage faculty to enhance their course curricula. Using online training and campus workshops, faculty will learn about tools and techniques for supporting diverse learners and how to apply these techniques to their courses. The project will design and pilot a contextualized Intermediate Algebra course, because most of the college E&ET students start at that level, and it is a required course for undecided students. Female students enrolled in that course will be encouraged to pursue a degree in E&ET. The course will include female friendly examples, group work in class, and team projects where women can develop a sense of community and ownership over their learning. This course will be a model for other faculty members who aim to incorporate context- and female-supportive practices in their curriculum.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.