A MEMO to the Educate to Innovate Campaign (Obama, 2009), that recommends top five strategies to increase the number of... More > girls and women in science and engineering education. Made by a group of 20 lead organizations with brainstorming response from 350 experts in the national community of practice.

The “July 19th Collaboration” offers a list of 39 focused strategies, each of which can be tied to root causes based on research, and pilot programs with results. Together they comprise a systemic effort to change and correct for historical biases and exclusion.

Lead contact is National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE) http://www.ncwge.org. See also http://stemcollaboration.org . < Less

A compilation of papers that summarize research on selected topics, meant to give the reader a briefing with authoritative... More > references. All were written by researchers for a general reader, and reviewed by peers for content, accuracy and balance.

They were commissioned by The Assessing Women and Men in Engineering Project, The Society of Women Engineers, and The Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education of the National Academy of Engineering. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Individual papers may be downloaded free (after registration) from http://www.engr.psu.edu/AWE/ARPresources.aspx

There are two related books: “Olio” collects overviews of research around 10 pages each. “Olio Digest” collects information sheets which are two-page versions on the same topics. < Less

A report of the “Building Science, Engineering and Technology (B-SET) Leadership Workshop” held on October 1 & 2, 2009.... More > It was initiated by Pennsylvania State University and hosted by the AAAS Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity.

Barbara Bogue is a professor at Pennsylvania State University College of Engineering. Yolanda Comedy is a public policy consultant. Daryl Chubin is Director of the AAAS Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity.

The workshop was funded by the National Science Foundation through the program: Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, grant HRD 0328144.

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A guide for people who find themselves involved with education outreach programs to recruit girls and minorities to science... More > and engineering, or want to know about them.

It offers a quick digest on a range of topics from activities to use with kids, to who's doing what in this area and why. Designed like a 10-minute cookbook. Pick up things that appeal to you.

Hand out this book at your diversity or outreach workshop. It is meant for leaders who want to explore the issue, helping them nagivate the field.

More info at http://momox.org/servingup.html .

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An introduction to disability issues, history, laws, and research for educators who have little or no experience with... More > students or colleagues with disabilities. There is a short overview in the form of a presentation script. A section looks at the need for inclusion and recruitment of students with disabilities to science and engineering fields, and gives examples of resources for faculty to improve instruction. The Short Reader and Syllabus is a digest covering topics often included in full Disability Studies readers written by experts. An annotated bibliography is provided for those who want further depth. It draws from syllabi used for undergraduates. 220 pages. Kindle book on amazon.com < Less

The National Science Foundation program needed to know more about a relatively new investment. Grants of $2.5 million for... More > five years went to nine projects between 2005 and 2009. Was it working? What was the experience in the field? What were successes and frustrations, and especially, lessons learned?

The goal of the NSF program is to improve the capacity of our educational systems to attract and graduate more diverse students in science and engineering, especially females, in answer to a national talent crisis.

The concept of Extension Services was to build capacity among educators to understand new research findings, adopt proven practices that fit their culture, and adopt a more data-driven approach to improving the diversity of students in science and engineering education.

Based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant HRD 09-38413. < Less

A compilation of papers that summarize research on selected topics, meant to give the reader a briefing with authoritative... More > references. All were written by researchers for a general reader, and reviewed by peers for content, accuracy and balance.

They were commissioned by The Assessing Women and Men in Engineering Project, The Society of Women Engineers, and The Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education of the National Academy of Engineering. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Individual papers may be downloaded free (after registration) from http://www.engr.psu.edu/AWE/ARPresources.aspx

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A step by step guide to designing a new extension service, which is a type of project funded by the program Research on... More > Gender in Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation. Draws on lessons learned by nine projects funded since 2005. Describes a model for the diffusion of innovations in education. In this case, their aim is to improve the capacity of our educational systems to attract and graduate more diverse students in science and engineering, especially females, in answer to a national talent crisis. Funded by NSF Grant HRD 09-38413, and prepared by the Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. http://www.aaascapacity.org 40 pages < Less

Old Europe. Vilnius is just recovering from Soviet occupation. A scientist travels to the country of his parents and digs... More > into the stories and numbers of the Holocaust and Gulag. His personal world begins to fall apart. Things happen that he cannot explain. Someone is leaving strange drawings in his apartment. Why?

A story of travel, family, and loss.

Art by Tadas Gutauskas (www.tadasgutauskas.lt). 40 photo illustrations.

Cover design by Holly Russell (www.hrphotographics.com).

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A short memoir by Jonas Fledzinskas, about his life in Lithuania during the first half of the 20th Century. He married... More > Aleksandra Zubovaite, a Countess, who inherited the Ginkunai estate belonging to the Zubovs. They experienced the disruptions of history (WWI and WWII), but enjoyed a period of about 20 years of Lithuanian independence. During that time he played a role in developing agricultural exports, organizing cooperatives and unions, raising the quality of farm produce, and enabling modern farming techniques. The Ginkunai estate was taken over by German and Russian military at various times.

Translated from Lithuanian by Ruta Pempe Sevo with Vytautas Fledzinskas and Sophie Pempe. Includes family photos, a life timeline, family trees, and short historical background. < Less