SIUC/Community College Women in Science Model Project

该项目为20-25名本科女性（从SIUC和七所周边社区学院招募）提供为期两周的密集科学研讨会，使她们接触科学职业选择。科学包括数学、动物学、化学、植物生态学、地质学、心理学、动物科学和微生物学。活动包括分子生物学和重组DNA，评估生态完整性，细菌转化后的基因表达，地质灾害和哺乳动物胚胎的生物技术等领域。在整个学年期间，还将有两个额外的单日研讨会和三个单独的指导会议。来自工业界的女科学家在夏季和学年研讨会期间举办研讨会，以扩大参与者对科学职业选择的看法。第二组妇女将在第二年被招募，总共有40-50名参加者。旨在衡量项目有效性的可测量目标包括：-选择科学专业的未申报专业的参与者人数。-决定成为科学教师的参与者人数。-在没有进入四年制大学（例如，由于经济原因）的参与者中，获得两年制学位进入科学导向职业的人数。-辍学率（包括转到非理科专业）明显低于理科专业女性的总体辍学率。

This project provide 20-25 undergraduate women (recruited from SIUC and seven surrounding community colleges) with an intensive two-week workshop in the sciences to expose them to science career options. Sciences include mathematics, zoology, chemistry,plant ecology, geology, psychology, animal sciences, and microbiology. Activities cover such fields as molecular biology and recombinant DNA, assessing ecological integrity, gene expression after bacterial transformation, geologic hazards, and biotechnology of mammalian embryos. Two additional single day workshops and three individual mentoring sessions will follow throughout the academic year. Women scientists from industry give seminars during both the summerand academic year workshops to expand participants' perceptions of science career options. A second group of women will be recruited for the second year for a total of 40-50 participants. Measurable objectives designed to measure project effectiveness include: - The number of participants with undeclared majors who select science majors. - The number of participants who decide to become science teachers. - Of participants who do not enter a four-year college (e.g., for economic reasons), the number who enter science-oriented careers with their two-year degree. - A significantly lower drop-out rate (including change to a non-science major) than among the general population of women science majors.