How do you attract girls to engineering? Especially when many say "it's boring," "too difficult," or "it's just not for them."No word yet on American Sociology departments setting up tables at Republican party functions to try and get Republicans to become sociologists.Via LewRockwell.com blog
ExxonMobil is working to overcome this perception by showing middle school girls how exciting and important engineering careers can be by participating in the Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day program. The annual program, a component of National Engineers Week (eweek.org), will have ExxonMobil employees conducting presentations on engineering at schools, leading site tours and hosting interactive demonstrations for students at ExxonMobil facilities across the country.
Monday, February 13, 2006
ExxonMobil Wants More Women To Become Engineers
Yahoo reports: