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Shuqiong Lin; Megha Joshi; Kate Caton; Joseph Patrick Wilson – American Institutes for Research, 2024
The American Institutes for Research® (AIR®) partnered with Girls Who Code (GWC) to conduct an independent study evaluating the effectiveness of two GWC summer virtual programs, the Summer Immersion Program (SIP) and the Self-Paced Program (SPP), on promoting the pursuit of Computer Science (CS)-related postsecondary education for high school…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness
Sarah R. Cohodes; Helen Ho; Silvia C. Robles – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
The federal government and many individual organizations have invested in programs to support diversity in the STEM pipeline, including STEM summer programs for high school students, but there is little rigorous evidence of their efficacy. We fielded a randomized controlled trial to study a suite of such programs targeted to underrepresented high…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Summer Programs, Minority Group Students, High School Students
Afterschool Alliance, 2021
Getting more young people engaged in STEM is essential in part because jobs in STEM continue to grow at rates double those of non-STEM professions. Providing greater opportunities for STEM learning isn't just about preparing the future workforce. As the world continues to rely more and more on technology, everyone will require a greater level of…
Descriptors: After School Programs, STEM Education, Barriers, Equal Education
Holt, Janet K.; White, Bradford R.; Terrell, Sarah K. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2017
In 2016, a higher education task force of St. Louis Graduates (STLG), a collaborative network whose mission is to increase degree completion for low income students, first-generation students, and students of color from St. Louis, commissioned this study from the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC). Through discussion, the following goals…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, At Risk Students, Low Income Groups, First Generation College Students