Proven Practices for Recruiting Women to STEM Careers in ATE Programs- Special Project

埃德蒙兹社区学院与ATE中心和项目合作，正在研究、评估、确定、汇编和传播项目设计中使用的有效招聘战略，以增加科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)专业和领域对妇女和女孩的招聘。其目标是促进在招募女性进入教育计划方面的长期、根本性的变化，为她们进入STEM职业生涯做准备。利用社会认知职业理论(SCCT)作为理论模型的基础，这项为期3年的广泛研究项目借鉴了文献综述和性别研究的其他项目。该建议的智力价值在于它由严格的研究提供信息，其结果是一系列招募女性进入STEM职业生涯的教育项目的实用实践。该项目促进了对社会认知职业理论知识基础的理解，将其作为理解妇女学术和职业选择的模式；有可能扩大代表不足的学生在STEM职业中的参与；并加强该领域研究的基础设施。扩大妇女在劳动力中的参与对整个社会有利，因为它使劳动力多样化并增强了劳动力。因此，ATE计划有利于解决招聘实践中的性别平等问题，消除信息差距，消除负面看法和不准确的刻板印象。项目成果和交付成果强调以真实和务实的方式执行招聘战略。该项目的发现将对美国各地的教育项目和行业具有重要意义。

Edmonds Community College in collaboration with ATE Centers and projects, is researching, assessing, identifying, compiling, and disseminating effective recruitment strategies used in program design to increase the recruitment of women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and fields. The goal is to promote long-term, fundamental changes in the recruitment of females into educational programs that prepare them to enter STEM careers. Using the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) as a basis of a theoretical model, this extensive 3-year research project draws on literature reviews and other projects in gender research.The intellectual merit of the proposal is that it is informed by rigorous research, the outcome of which is a constellation of pragmatic practices for recruitment of females into educational programs that prepare them to enter STEM careers. The project advances understandings of the knowledge base on social cognitive career theory as a model for understanding women's academic and career choices; has the potential to broaden participation of underrepresented students in STEM careers; and enhances the infrastructure for research in the field.The aim to broaden female participation in the workforce is beneficial to society as a whole because it diversifies and strengthens the workforce. Therefore, it is advantageous for ATE programs to address gender equity in recruiting practices, eliminate information gaps, and dispel negative perceptions and inaccurate stereotypes. Project outcomes and deliverables stress implementation of recruitment strategies in real and pragmatic ways. The findings of this project will be significant for educational programs and industries across the United States.