Women in engineering: planning and persistence pay off

Author

Shaw, Carol M. ; Fogel, Norman ; Gonzalez, Maureen B.

Author_Institution

Dayton Univ., OH, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

21-24 Sep 1991

Firstpage

240

Lastpage

247

Abstract

An overview of the University of Dayton´s Women in Engineering (WIE) program is presented, and factors that have helped to make the WIE program successful are pointed out. The program is described, a major 15-year study of this program is reported. The conclusions that are drawn from the data in the 15-year study are that the WIE program is effective in encouraging enrollment of women in engineering studies; that persistence of effort and continuity of staffing pay off handsomely in program success; and that the program, combined with a supportive atmosphere in the students´ home and school lives, exerts a strong positive influence on their choice of engineering or science as a career

Keywords

education; engineering; University of Dayton; WIE program; Women in Engineering program; enrollment; Acceleration; Civil engineering; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Maintenance engineering; Professional societies; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1991. Twenty-First Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education in a New World Order.' Proceedings.

Conference_Location

West Lafayette, IN

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0222-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1991.187479

Filename

187479