87.9% of college-bound female students reported that The Engineer Your Life (EYL) website made them more interested in a career in engineering and 75.5% said the website inspired them to take an engineering class in college. The EYL website also helped 99% of counselors surveyed learn something about engineering and 96% learn what they can do to prepare female high school students to study engineering.
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Paulsen, C., Bransfield, C., & Sahr, T. (2010). Evaluation of the "Engineer Your Life" Initiative. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 2(2), 263-273. Retrieved from http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/35 |