MPWG: Women's Retention and Leadership Development in Science, Engineering and Mathematics

9453680沃森 德州农工大学将为女性本科生和研究生开发科学，工程和数学（SEM）的示范课程，课程和活动，包括指导，以鼓励她们完成SEM领域的学位，并考虑从事研究工作。 这些课程将与为妇女事务部的妇女举办的特别小组培训活动联系起来。 学生将为他们的同龄人、教师、雇主和公立学校教育工作者规划和促进与这些领域的学生有关的性别问题研讨会。 该项目将涉及学生，教师和工作人员在规划和介绍教师讲习班相对于教室，实验室和一般环境的妇女在SEM。 总体目标是通过增强妇女的归属感和接受感，提高妇女在这些领域的留用率，并开始改变那些造成妇女在教育部留用率低的环境的教职员工。 将特别注意与妇女有关的问题，因为她们也必须处理发展的专业障碍或社会施加的额外负担。 为了使妇女留在教育部，将在大一、大三和研究生阶段开设适用于学位学分的课程。 大一课程将涵盖科学，工程和数学方面的女性历史，并满足校园内任何课程的三小时人文要求。 该课程将有一个每周实验室的组成部分，这将与一个或多个在课堂上学习的妇女的成就。 初级课程将涵盖非传统领域的妇女社会学，特别是科学，工程和数学，并将在校园内的任何课程中实现较高水平的社会科学要求。 它将涵盖的主题包括：性别和知识的社会结构、法律、获取和机会以及政治和不成文的政策。 目的是帮助LP发展专业和个人技能，以提高SEM的职业生涯。 研究生课程，两个一小时的研讨会，将讨论程序和政治，以及为卓越的大学研究和教学生涯提出建议。 课程材料（课本、教师手册和实验室手册）将准备用于向其他校区传播课程。 ***

9453680 Watson Texas A&M University will develop a model program in science, engineering and mathematics (SEM) for women undergraduate and graduate students, with courses and activities, including mentoring, to encourage them to complete degrees in SEM fields, and consider careers in research. The courses will be connected with special team training activities for women in SEM. Seminars on gender issues, as they relate to students in these fields, will be planned and facilitated by students for their peers, faculty, employers, and public school educators. The project will involve students, faculty, and staff in the planning and presentation of Faculty Workshops relative to the classroom, laboratory and general environment for women in SEM. The overall goal is to improve the retention of women in these fields by enhancing their sense of belonging and acceptance, and to begin to change the faculty/staff who have created the environment contributing to women's lack of retention in SEM. Particular attention will be given to issues which concern women who also must deal with professional barriers to development or added burdens imposed by society. To effect retention of women in SEM, courses which apply toward degree credit will be developed at the freshman, junior, and graduate level. The freshman course will cover the history of women in science, engineering and mathematics, and fulfill a three-hour humanities requirement for any curriculum on campus. The course will have a weekly laboratory component which will be linked to the achievements of one or more of the women studied in class. The junior course will cover the Sociology of Women in non-traditional fields, especially science, engineering, and mathematics, and will fulfill an upper level social science requirement in any curriculum on campus. It will cover topics such as: social structure of gender and knowledge, the law, access and opportunities, and politics and unwritten policies. The intent is to he lp develop professional and personal skills which can enhance careers in SEM. The graduate courses, two one-hour seminars, will discuss procedures and politics, as well as make suggestions for excellence in university research and teaching careers. Course materials, (texts, instructor manuals, and laboratory manuals) will be prepared for dissemination of the courses to other campuses. ***