ISECON 2006

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ISECON 2006

• Encouraging Women and Minorities to Attain
  Degrees in Computing and Related Fields
• ISECON 2006 Dallas, TX
• Nov. 2-5, 2006

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ISECON 2006
Barbara Mento Computer Studies Dept. Head College
of Notre Dame of Maryland bmento_at_ndm.edu Sylvia
Sorkin Thea Prettyman Mathematics Dept.
Community College of Baltimore
County ssorkin_at_ccbcmd.edu tprettyman_at_ccbcmd.edu
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College of Notre Dame of Maryland

• Private, liberal arts college for women
• Fall 2005 enrollment 1,686 undergraduates (638
  in Womens College)
• Womens College weekday undergraduate program
• Full-time
• 100 women
• 96 supported by financial aid
• 50 first in families to attend college
• 33 from under-represented groups

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Community College of Baltimore County

• Public, two-year college system with 3 campuses
• Fall 2004 credit enrollment
  19,972 students of which 7,095
  were full-time and 2,556 were first-time
  full-time
• 64 Female
• 25 Pell recipients
• 30 African-American
• 1,300 Associate degrees awarded per year

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What does CSEM mean?

• Computer Science,
• Engineering, and
• Mathematics

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Why CSEM Scholarships?

• Promote full-time enrollment and degree
  achievement.
• Provide educational opportunities to
• academically talented, low-income students.
• Encourage under-represented groups including
  women to enter these careers.

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What groups are under-represented?

• In 1999, in U.S. women comprised 27 of the
  computer science and mathematics workforce, and
  just 10 of the engineering workforce.
• Under-represented minorities include
  African-Americans, Hispanics, and other non-Asian
  ethnic groups including Native Americans.
• These under-represented minorities comprised 24
  of U.S. population but just 12 of IT workforce
  and 11 of engineering graduates.

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CSEM Scholarships

• Address worker shortages in these fields. Funded
  by H1-B visa fees for foreign workers.
• Awardees must complete FAFSA, have unmet
  financial need, and be full-time students.
  Maximum award is 3,125 per year.
• Scholarship awardees must be
• U.S. Citizens
• Permanent Resident Aliens
• Refugee Aliens
• Institution determines other criteria for award
  and renewal.

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From Fall 2001 Fall 2003

• Under a consortial arrangement, CND CCBC shared
  2-year CSEM project DUE-0094738
• Awarded 5 scholarships per year at CND and 35 per
  year at CCBC
• Collaboration included joint site visits by
  awardees to NASA Goddard Space Center, and Johns
  Hopkins Medical Imaging Lab

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In the State of Maryland

• 12,000 Full-Time Freshmen enter the 16 MD
  community colleges each year
• 2,000 at CCBC each year
• Success is defined as
• Transfer to a 4 year institution
• OR
• Graduation with associates degree or
  certificate

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Transfer, Graduation, Retention
26 Success Rate
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Transfer, Graduation, Retention
All 73 CCBC CSEM awardees 2.5 years after first
awards made
44 Success Rate
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Cordia Karl Scholars at CND

• August 2004, 4-year NSF-CSEM project funded
  (DUE-0422449) 20 scholarships per year
• 4 CSEM programs Math, Computer Science,
  Computer Information Systems and Engineering
• 12 scholarships awarded in 2005-2006
• Minimum criteria 3.0 GPA

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CND CSEMS Partners

• Advisory Board
• Lucent Technology
• Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
• Army Corps of Engineers
• Orbital Science Corporation
• Social Security Administration

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CND CSEM Activities

• Tour of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center included
• the high bay area and clean room where satellites
  are assembled and tested prior to launch
• operational facilities of the Hubble Space
  Telescope

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CND CSEM Activities

• Tour of Lucent Technology
• Networking rooms for region
• Meetings with female managers
• Tour of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

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CND CSEM Activities

• Alumnae Panel discussing graduate school
• NASA engineer
• Lockheed Martin software engineer
• Arbitron statistician
• Research papers on pioneering women in math,
  computer science and engineering

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12 CND CSEM Scholars
Majors for 12 CND CSEM Scholars Fall 05 - Spring
06
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12 CND CSEM Awardees
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CSEM Scholarship Program Outcomes

• Four students (3 MATH, 1 CMSC) graduated, one
  will continue in graduate school.
• CND was awarded an HP grant for a mobile lab of
  30 laptops specifically for an engineering lab,
  partly because of this NSF-CSEM Scholarship
  program.

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CCBC CSEM Funding Received

• August 2004, 4-year NSF-CSEM project funded
  (DUE-0422225) 30 scholarships per year
• 6 CSEM programs
• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science
• E-Business
• Engineering
• Internet Multimedia Technology
• Math

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About CCBC CSEM Scholarships

• Requires readiness for MATH 082 Intro. Algebra
• Scholarships can follow awardees to 4-yr
  institutions for CSEM-field bachelors degrees
  after earning 30 credits at CCBC
• Student Attitude Questionnaire (from CWIT at
  UMBC) tracks attitudes toward CSEM fields
• Formalized use of Mentoring Logs

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CCBC Scholarship Awardees

• Minimum criteria 2.5 GPA
• Receive academic and mentoring support from
  faculty and staff in CSEM fields.
• Have a required summer experience for
  orientation, academic support, and career
  information.

http//www.ccbcmd.edu/csems
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CSEM Awards Fall 04 Fall 06

• 22 awards in Fall 2004 (9 F and 13 M)
• 22 awards in Spring 2005 (9 F and 13 M)
• 29 awards in Fall 2005 (10 F and 19 M)
• 28 awards in Spring 2006 (10 F and 18 M)
• 33 awards in Fall 2006 (9 F and 24 M)
• http//www.ccbcmd.edu/csem
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61 CCBC CSEM Scholars
Majors for 61 CCBC CSEM Scholars Fall 04 - Fall
06
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61 CCBC CSEM Awardees
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19 of 61 CSEM Awardees Transferred

• As of Fall 2006,
• 11 to UMBC
• 2 to UB
• 6 to these institutions
• Johns Hopkins
• Polytechnic University, Brooklyn
• UMCP
• UMUC
• Villa Julie
• York College

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Enrollment and Awards F 04 - S06
CCBC CSEM Awardees F04 S06 by Racial/Ethnic
Group
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Representation of Females
CCBC CSEM Scholarships Fall 2004 Spring 2006

• 40 of CSEMS awardees female (20/50)
• 38 of CSEMS awards made to females (38/101)
• 22 of transfer CSEMS awardees female (2/9)

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Females in CCBC CSEM Majors
 
Percent Females in CSEM Majors Fall 00 Fall 05
 
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CCBC Attitude Surveys
 
Awardee Responses to Selected Attitude Statements
 
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CCBC Attitude Surveys
 
Factors Influencing Awardees CSEM Career Choice
 
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Acknowledgement

• This project was supported in part by the
  National Science Foundation under CSEM awards
  DUE-0422449 and 0422225. Opinions expressed are
  those of the authors and do not necessarily
  reflect the views of the NSF.