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Advancing Women in STEM: How to Do it!

Reaching the Full Potential of STEM for Women and the U.S. Economy This report: • Examines the participation of women in STEM education and occupations in the U.S. over the past several decades. • Surveyed experts in various sectors to identify ways to attract women to STEM. • Includes opinions, advice, and anecdotes from these experts on how their organizations are attracting women to STEM. Available online at cwb.uschamber.com

Where are the Women? • Women earn 57% of all bachelor’s degrees • However, of women graduates, only 6% have degrees in STEM fields. • By comparison, 20% of male graduates have STEM degrees . Sheryl Sandberg Ursula Burns Ginni Rometty Marissa Mayer Facebook Xerox Corporation IBM Yahoo

A Demand for STEM Workers

The Value of Women in STEM Someone who has a different viewpoint or skillset but a shared vision is the person you want on your team. Michelle Zatlyn CloudFlare

The STEM Gap in Higher Education

Interest in STEM

Why Women Don’t Choose STEM Eliminate the term “culture fit.” Kimberly Bryant Black Girls CODE

How We Can Get More Women in STEM 1.Start Early 2.Focus on Mentoring 3.Support STEM Programs for Women 4.Humanize STEM

Start Early

Rosie Revere, Engineer

Building Confidence Confidence matters as much as competence. Claire Shipman Author and Journalist

Focus on Mentoring (Hint: Men Can Mentor Too!) Men are just as capable of inspiring the next generation of women in the field. Sara Friar Square

Down to the Core

Successful Programs We are focusing on programs that increase access and exposure to computer science. Susan Molinari Google

Changing the Story of STEM We need to show girls what STEM is all about. We can’t just talk to them about the statistics and say there’s a lot of opportunity. They need role models. Sondra Barbour Lockheed Martin

Humanizing STEM Technology is a great We must share how career for anyone that rewarding it is to be an wants to change the engineer. world. Michelle Zatlyn Patricia Elizondo CloudFlare Xerox Corporation

STEM Women Role Models Elizabeth Holmes Theranos Meredith Perry uBeam Stephanie Kwolek Hedy Lamarr Kevlar Inventor Actress and Inventor

Building a World for Women and Men STEM jobs are building the world in which we live and it’s incredibly important to have the female perspective. Debbie Sterling GoldieBlox

Advancing Women in STEM: How to Do it!

Advancing Women in STEM: How to Do it! Presenter: Sara Scheller Manager, Center for Women in Business U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation sscheller@uschamber.com 202-463-5398 Website: cwb.uschamber.com