WPI's Electrical and Computer Engineering program has traditionally maintained a low percentage of female undergraduates. Factors responsible for this underrepresentation are isolation consequent to male dominance, limited portrayal of ECE rewards, low self-confidence and failure to establish ECE interest among women. Featured in this project are research, methods, results and final recommendations. Realistic solutions are based on closing analysis; they include increasing ECE awareness, modifying academic advisor assignment procedure, using tour guides to effectively promote ECE, and increasing female faculty.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Morris, David Wayne
• McClay, James Michael

Subject

• Computing
• Community
• Learning
• Inclusion

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 00E013I

Keyword

• Women Engineers--Education
• Women in engineering

Advisor

• Nicoletti, Denise W.

Year

• 2000

Date created

• 2000-01-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright