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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED325197 AUTHOR: Brodsky, Stanley M.
TITLE: Campus Seminars/Workshops To Improve Recruitment and
Retention of Women and Minorities in Associate Degree
Science and Engineering Technology Programs. Final Report.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 89 p.
ABSTRACT: In light of the projected growth in the
percentages of women and minorities in the work force, as
well as the need for increased skills among workers, a
project was developed to improve recruitment and retention
of women and minorities in associate degree science and
engineering technology programs. The project involved on
campus seminars/workshops at three community colleges in the
New York City area offering associate degree science and/or
engineering technology programs (i.e., Bronx Community
College, New York City Technical College, and Queensborough
Community College). More than 140 college personnel
attended, primarily teaching faculty, counselors and
academic administrators. Each on-campus event was jointly
planned with key campus personnel and was configured to meet
local area needs. Expert presenters communicated both
formally and informally with the participants and specially
assembled kits of materials were distributed. More than 60%
of all participants completing program evaluation forms from
the three colleges rated the program as excellent. Programs
and activities related to this project on each of the three
campuses were enhanced, reinforced, and or newly created as
a result of the seminar/workshops. Appendixes include
seminar/workshop evaluation summaries, the names and
positions of program registrants, bibliographies of the
materials distributed, six summaries of specific workshop
presentations, brochures and programs, and descriptions of
follow-up programs, projects and activities undertaken at
the three colleges. (GFW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Community-Colleges;
Females-; Labor-Force-Development; Program-Descriptions;
School-Effectiveness; Student-Attrition; Teacher-Workshops;
Technical-Institutes; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Associate-Degrees; *Faculty-Development;
*Minority-Groups; *School-Holding-Power; *Student
Recruitment; *Womens-Education
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