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Female high schoolers targeted for math, science degrees by N.J. colleges
Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-08-20 22:38
Article here. Excerpt:
'MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- New Jersey colleges are intensifying efforts to interest more girls in engineering, physics, computer science and physics careers, offering girls-only programs in early high school, mentorship opportunities and networking groups.
The effort to roll out the red carpet for women into math, science and engineering labs isn't new, and in recent decades there has been clear progress: Women today account for more than half the students at some medical schools and in the biological and environmental sciences.
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At Rutgers this fall, the university is opening the Rosalind-Franklin House, a second all-women's dorm for math and science-related majors. The first such dorm, Bunting-Cobb, opened in 1989 and was the first of its kind in the nation.
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Earlier this month as the girls put finishing touches on their mechanized projects, several said they liked the no-boys rule. Boys can be competitive and domineering in science class, they said.'
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Downfall of science
As these girls take up valuable spots in college classrooms, learning all the skills (some of which are on government scholarships to artificially inflate the number of women), they will probably do well. Of course, instead of using this knowledge for the next 40 years, they'll get pregnant and quit after 10, leaving the country with less and less brain power. Wise investment, guys!
The same is being seen in the UK's doctor shortage crisis. Women are being trained in equal numbers, but the number of women doctors falls significantly as they leave to start families.
Guess where we're headed as a nation, technology-wise
Oh my God! The boys can be competitive? Why would we want that - it's not as if technology companies are hierarchies, or as if we have to compete with Japan, Germany, or etc.
-ax
P.S. "Domineering" is a purely subjective accusation.