Universities are also finding that female students like the trend away from the standing-lecture based teaching system. For example, Lafayette's chemical engineering class used to consist of three one-hour lectures a week. One week it might be a demonstration in the lab, the next week it might be a problem-solving session done by the class in small groups. You are giving students with every learning style a chance to gather the information they need to be successful. Everybody is getting a little bit of their preferred learning style.
Women like to work in teams.
They like to work with other people. When you have a team experience, it's more satisfying. In addition, colleges stress that diversity inspires creativity and productivity. The same goes for those ubiquitous club projects dominated by men, such as the racing or solar car clubs. Shirley wants to institutionalize those clubs so more women will participate.