| dc.description.abstract | Women in Science and Engineering Research (WISER)
Program places first-year women students in science and
engineering research laboratories at Penn State University.
WISER is a retention program designed to intervene during
the period of highest attrition for women in the sciences and
engineering: the first year. Between 1994 and 200 I, a total of
306 Penn State students have participated in WISER. Of
these, approximately 20% are students of color.
WISER is a Penn State adaptation of Dartmouth
College's Women in Science Project (WISP). Their
organization is explained here for the benefit of those who
may not be familiar with these two universities. Dartmouth is
small, private, and teaching-oriented, whereas Penn State is
state-affiliated, large, multi-site and research-oriented. Perm
State has also disseminated WISER to two other sites, Penn
State Abington and Penn State Altoona. | en_US |
