Females Involved From Regional Schools In Technology And Engineering (Firste): Reaching Out To High School Females

Justification Seventy-three percent of the increased college and university enrollment in the last decade is attributable to women, according to the Department of Education’s Center for Education Statistics. In 1991, a greater proportion of female high school graduates (67.1) enrolled in college than male (57.6). Although the trend continues with an increased percentage of females (52. O) planning for doctoral or advanced degrees in 1993, a study of the five most often planned fields of study by 1993 seniors indicated “about 81 percent of those who chose engineering were men. ”1