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ERIC Number: ED287694
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1981-Mar-31
Pages: 304
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Women in Science Program. Career Facilitation Grant 1976-1979. Final Report.
Dayton Univ., OH. School of Engineering.
This information summarizes the University of Dayton (Ohio) Women in Science Career Facilitation Project entitled Fast Track Late Entry. The University of Dayton Fast Track Program was designed to bring women with bachelor's degrees in mathematics, chemistry, or physics to a technical level in chemical or electrical engineering equivalent to bachelor degree recipients and to qualify them for master's degree work in chemical or electrical engineering. The program consisted of: (1) procedures to diagnose and evaluate backgrounds of participants; (2) examinations to determine placement in the mathematics sequence; (3) six credit hours of reentry mathematics taken by participants in the Chemical Track; (4) specific chemical and electrical core courses designed for, and made available to, Fast Track students; (5) courses designed to integrate the students into the regular undergraduate curriculum in chemical and electrical engineering; (6) a Professional Development Course; (7) a tutorial center for Fast Track students; and (8) evaluation procedures. Seventy-one women were accepted into the Fast Track Program and 63 graduated. Seventy percent of the participants relocated to attend the Fast Track Program. Sixty-one women received employment, many with Fortune 500 companies. (TW)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Dayton Univ., OH. School of Engineering.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A