She had her workboots and jeans on,'' says Letitia Jackson, a freshman at Ensley Magnet High School in Birmingham. It takes determination and confidence. The two teenagers say they were surprised at the wide variety of disciplines that engineering offers. Jackson says she wants to be a process engineer. Both IBM and NSPE have discovered that recruiting women into engineering requires a different message.
Men appreciate technology for what it is.
Women appreciate it for what it can do,'' says Linda Scherr, project director for IBM's Women in Technology Program. It's not obvious to girls that engineering is a career that makes a difference.