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Wising Up on STEM Completion – A resource to support women in STEM: CareerWISE

For students studying science and engineering, gender is the biggest predictor of completion. At least half of women consider dropping out or aiming for a lesser degree during their doctoral studies because of issues stemming from discouraging advisers, uncomfortable work environments, sexist attitudes and other gender biases.

That — along with a persistent gender gap in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields — is why researchers at Arizona State University spent the last four years creating a resource to support women in STEM: a website called CareerWISE http://careerwise.asu.edu/ , which they unveiled here at the National Science Foundation last week.

Allie Grasgreen

Full Story: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/11/08/stem

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