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| | Women in Engineering & Technology Initiative-FEMME Program at NJIT |
| | (New Jersey Institute of Technology) |
| | Program began: 1983 - Students enrolled: 125 - Sponsored by: New Jersey Institute of Technology, private and |
| | public corporations and foundations. |
| Contact Information: |
| | Rosa M. Cano, Director |
| | University Heights |
| | Newark, NJ 07102-1982 |
| | Phone: (973) 596-3424 |
| | Fax: (973) 642-1847 |
| | Email: cano@adm.njit.edu |
| | Web site: www.njit.edu/precollege |
| Program Description: |
| | The Women in Engineering and Technology Initiative-FEMME Program is a four-week program designed to provide |
| | post-fourth through tenth-grade girls with opportunities to enhance their mathematics and science academic |
| | achievement, develop their problem-solving and critical thinking skills, promote their self-esteem and self-confidence, |
| | and encourage them to choose careers in scientific and technological fields in which women are traditionally |
| | underrepresented. |
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| | The program provides an intensive four-week summer component for each of five different groups of female |
| | students and will include classroom discussions, lectures, laboratory experiments and demonstrations, projects, and |
| | field trips. |
| Location of Program Services: |
| | College campus |
| Sources of students served by the program: |
| | Typical Grade Level(s) on Entry: 4th |
| | School(s) Served: Applications are mailed to schools, districts and individuals |
| | Communities served: Areas within commuting distance to NJIT, Newark, NJ |
| | County or City Served: Essex County |
| | Region served: Northern NJ |
| Program Services (Academic): |
| | Computer |
| | Accelerated |
| | Study |
| | Reading/Writing |
| | Math/Science |
| | Critical Thinking |
| | Grade - Attendance |
| Program Services (Other): |
| | Social Skills |
| | Leadership |
| | Awareness |
| Program Operation: |
| | Program Cycle (Summer or Academic): Both |
| | On Weekends |
| Special populations targeted by the program: |
| | Academic Performance - High |
| | High School Students |
| | Elementary School Students |
| | Middle School Students |
| | Minorities |
| | Gifted |
| | Historically underrepresented minorities |
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