The U.S. Department of State has funded a summer program called TechGirls that brings females from across the world to the U.S. for hands on work in STEM. This program helps inspire interests and maintain roles for female students in STEM. The overall goal is to continue improving gender equality and opportunities for women in […]
STEM Schooling for Teachers and Counselors
August 30th, 2016 by Ellen Donnelly
The resources for students to learn about careers in STEM are slim. NATS (National Air Traffic Control Services) held a session specifically designed for teachers and counselors to improve their knowledge of STEM. The main idea is to get teachers and counselors educated about STEM so they are able to pass the message to students. If counselors […]
Posted in: Careers, Counselors, High School, STEM, Students, Teachers
Why Women are Exiting Engineering
August 25th, 2016 by Ellen Donnelly
The male dominated STEM culture has to start taking women seriously. Universities have implemented mentorship programs and tried to help females in STEM throughout their time in college. However, after they graduate females are quitting, specifically the field of engineering, at a consistent rate. Susan Silbey said it perfectly that “gender stereotyping in the workplace, […]
STEM Careers Are All Around
July 14th, 2016 by Ellen Donnelly
Stem careers are related to everything. They can be impacting and impacted across the political, social, scientific, and economic industries. In this case Brexit might be the reason for less cancer research in the UK. Scientists are concerned about their jobs due to loss of funding and it has sent a shock in the cancer […]
Solutions to Increase Female STEM Professors
June 29th, 2016 by Rich Feller
The low number of female professors in STEM is not due to lack of female graduates. A study by the U.S. National Research Council found “more women than men are earning doctorates—yet women comprised 36 percent of assistant professors and only 27 percent of tenure candidates.” The problem is unwelcoming workplace conditions. For example female […]
Gender Pay Gaps Persist
April 25th, 2016 by Rich Feller
Computer programmer, a STEM career, tops the chart with the highest pay gap between men and women at 28.1% according to a recent Glassdoor study. The average, unadjusted gap shows that women make 76 percent of what men earn.
STEM Common Among “Most Powerful Women”
March 14th, 2016 by Jenn Long
It is no secret that STEM fields have a reputation of being unwelcoming toward women and that women are underrepresented within these career paths. And, times, despite slowly, they are a-changing. The Forbes Most Powerful Women list for 2015 was filled with representation of influential, innovative, and leading women within STEM careers, including Facebook COO […]
Posted in: Careers, Leadership, Powerful Women, STEM Careers, Women
High Paying Careers & Degrees for Women in STEM
August 25th, 2014 by Brad Graham
STEM careers, or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, are among the highest-paying positions in any field. Most positions in these fields are currently held by men, but
