1. A Community College Approach To Increasing Women In Technological Fields

2. About GHSP First cohort gathered in 2003 on Essex Campus Currently 74 women have passed through the program Now on all three CCBC campuses Funded through an NSF-ATE grant

3. Uniqueness of GHSP Initial Project Team Mathematics/Computer Science/IMMT Women’s Studies CCBC’s first attempt at targeting specifically women for technological career paths Not much research on women and technology within the Community College

4. Recruitment In class recruitment for all CLM classes Mailings Faculty Referrals Accuplacer test scores

5. Application Process Streamlined over the years One letter of recommendation required An essay about their strengths and why they want to be part of the program Signed participant contract Demographic information

6. About our Scholars Ages from teens to 40’s Multicultural Single, Married, Divorced Some have children and grandchildren Both full-time and part-time students

7. Mentoring Each student is assigned a mentor Mentor/Mentee pairings based on career paths or common interest. Each mentor has training through Maryland State Mentoring Resource Center Mentor Directory available to all scholars Contact MUST occur at least twice a semester

8. Tutoring Schedules of scholars and multi-campus format required alternate forms of tutoring Online tutoring available in ALL math courses related to degrees and certificates in technology Faculty tutor higher level courses Faculty NOT paid, but it is part of their “Service to College”

9. Winter Bridge Program Learn History of Web HTML Create web pages about themselves and their mentors After first bridge, scholars monitored discussion board Due to scholars experience, no longer a requirement.

10. Summer Bridge Program Changes each summer Technology related project Learning Styles Assessment Interviewing Workshops Resume Writing Workshop

11. More Summer Fun Lunch with mentors Roundtable sessions from industry professionals Meet Math and IT faculty at CCBC

12. Results We didn’t increase the overall numbers of women in Technological majors of study Undecided majors at CCBC tend to major in Nursing, Pharmacology and Business Approximately 10% of students went to any given planned social activity Accuplacer test scores not successful for recruitment

13. More Positive Results Decline in enrollment went from 52% in 2003 to only 7% in 2006 Support structure in place for women that were interested in technological careers 34% transfer to four-year schools (approx. 10% higher than the CCBC average)

14. Life after CCBC "The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) encourages Grace Hopper Scholars to consider transferring to UMBC, as they actively represent the best qualities of academic excellence. In particular, the Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) at UMBC welcomes women who have demonstrated leadership in the Grace Hopper Scholars program. Through CWIT, Scholars can access additional doorways that lead to internships, study groups, and leadership opportunities at UMBC.” (C. Morrell, Executive Director of CWIT at UMBC)

15. What a Girl Wants … A peer group they can belong to Social Interaction Information on success of former scholars Money

16. Things We Learned Faculty within the Sciences greatly helped in recruitment Connecting with CSEMS program also helped More scholarship money is needed for part-time students

17. Thank you to NSF This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under DUE-0302845. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

18. Thank You! Donna Tupper dtupper@ccbcmd.edu Barbara Leitherer bleitherer@ccbcmd.edu