Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

ISSN for PRINT: 1072-8325

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2004, Volume10

Issue 3

97 pages

DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v10.i3

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Rose M. Marra
School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, 303 Townsend Hall, Columbia, MO 65211

Barbara Bogue
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Women in engineering (WIE) programs work to recruit and retain women in undergraduate engineering programs and are a crucial part of the nation's effort to attract more women into engineering professions. For WIE programs to be maximally effective, they must have access to validated assessment instruments for measuring the effectiveness of their recruitment and retention activities. The Assessing Women in Engineering (AWE) project, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, aims to develop such instruments. This article describes the AWE project's unique collaboration between a WIE director and an assessment professional to develop exportable assessment instruments and models for WIE programs nationwide, thus allowing them to assess their programs' activities and ultimately provide data for making well-informed evaluation decisions.

DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v10.i3.60 Download article, 14 pages

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