Unfortunately, several women have left the program since last semester. From my viewpoint, I see a great need to oversee the retention of the women who begin an engineering degree. They need our support. I feel it is my duty to try to provide this for them. Even as women have made substantial employment gains in law and medicine, engineering still remains a career field dominated by men.
Young girls tend to be less confident about their success in science and math than young boys.
Old Dominion University Recruiting and retaining women engineers is a primary focus of our College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. We want women who pursue engineering to know that the faculty and staff are here to assist them every inch of the way. Too often, women change majors as juniors or even seniors because they feel isolated in their engineering classes. We are determined to provide all our students, and especially our women students, with a supportive environment, including faculty, peer and alumni mentors, study groups, career guidance and assistance and an open door to the administration. Web Content Committee Women have much to offer to the engineering community.