Welcome to the Best Practices Page of WISOR. This page contains information that we have discovered in our search for information concerning attracting and retaining women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In these pages, we have included research articles and sites that we have discovered containing suggestions for how best to attract and retain women in these fields.

We hope that you will find this information useful. If you are aware of articles or sites that should be added to this collection, please contact us.

Making Science More Seductive to Women on Campus
Freundlich, Naomi
2/1/1989, Business Week. 28. n. 3121.
What are some universities and organizations doing to attract women? 1) Clarkson University, Purdue University and the . . .

Dorm for Women Science, Math Majors Opens on Rutgers Campus
Stinson, Stephen
2/19/1990, Chemical and Engineering News. Vol. 68 n. 8 p. 26-27
This article includes a description of the Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math & Science which was established in . . .

AIM: Attracting Women into Sciences
Hartman, Iclal S.
2/1/1995, Journal of Chemical Education. Vol. 72 n. 8 p. 711-713.
This article outlines the AIM program of Simmons College in Boston, MA. A is for Advising, Advertising, and Ambiguity. . . .

Retaining Women Science Students: A Mentoring Project of The Association for Women in Science
Bird, Stephanie J. and Didion, Catherine J.
9/1/1960, Initiatives. Fall 1992. V.55 n.3 p. 3-11.
The AWIS Mentoring project uses both attraction and retention. It is designed to integrate students into the scientific . . .

Mentoring Women in Science
Didion, Catherine Jay
3/1/1995, Educational Horizons. Spring 1995. V. 73 n. 3 p. 141-144
This article discusses a "Women in Science" summit held at Mills College in Oakland, CA. . . .