Patching the Leaky Pipeline

by: Andrea M. Atkin, Ruth Green, and Laura McLaughlin

The United States faces the critical task of graduating large numbers of individuals in mathematics, science, technical, and engineering fields. The first-year orientation course described uses female-friendly practices to provide support, promote academic success, promote major and career development in an MSTE field, and facilitate consideration of issues faced by women in undergraduate science majors.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 10/1/2002Stock # jcst02_032_02_102Volume 032Issue 02

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