STEM Learning Ecosystems’ Post

The 2022 STEM Equity Monitor shows that women represent only 27% of roles in Australian STEM-qualified occupations, with just 8% of CEO/Head of business roles being held by women. More worryingly, this trend starts early. In 2021, girls aged 12-17 years were less likely to aspire to STEM related careers than boys. Additionally, only 2% of girls and 5% of boys aspire to entrepreneurship. Was fantastic to spend last Thursday morning as a mentor at the Future of Female Leadership Program hosted by The Orbispace Initiative, who are making a difference for young girls in year 8 across NSW to inform them more about careers in STEM and Entrepreneurship, and paving the way to make change to these worrying statistics!! Find out more about their incredible work below: https://lnkd.in/gVwcqKGt #womeninstem

Check this out - and let me know if you can spare your time and talents for a day of mentorship and inspiration!

I wish someone told me... To celebrate all small wins and lessons like it was a massive milestone at the beginning of my career. Because... It builds your confidence. It is the best motivator. It creates momentum. It inspires you to do more. it build your trust in your self. It makes your work more meaningful. Instead, I just went head first into the next task. Because I thought I had to do more, be more ans perform more. And there wwa nothing in it for me. Make it count for you. Make it joyful for you. Make it meaningful for you. it'll pay dividends! If you don't know what and how to celebrate, I will do it for you. Join Ready STEM Grow, the Free support and learning community for Women in STEM who want more confidence. impact and income.

I wish someone told me... To celebrate all small wins and lessons like it was a massive milestone at the beginning of my career. Because... It builds your confidence. It is the best motivator. It creates momentum. It inspires you to do more. it build your trust in your self. It makes your work more meaningful. Instead, I just went head first into the next task. Because I thought I had to do more, be more ans perform more. And there wwa nothing in it for me. Make it count for you. Make it joyful for you. Make it meaningful for you. it'll pay dividends! If you don't know what and how to celebrate, I will do it for you. Join Ready STEM Grow, the Free support and learning community for Women in STEM who want more confidence. impact and income.

Here's to my colleagues, Martinella Dryburgh, Ph.D. (she/her), Lia Franklin, and Rosaria Meek, with whom I presented at the American Council on Education (ACE) Women's Network Leadership Conference in Washington, DC last week on "ACE Women's Network State Organizations: Programs and Strategies That Cultivate the Pipeline for All Women." They have each served as presidents of their State Network in Texas, Colorado and Wyoming (combined), and Georgia, and each shared information about the programs their states offer to advance women's leadership in higher education. In addition to serving as chair of the panel, I provided historical context for these efforts. ACE established The Office of Women in Higher Education in 1977, and officially started the Women's Network, a state by state approach to leading change, five years later. The goal, especially after the Moving the Needle initiative was launched in 2014, has been to create parity for women in higher education leadership, with women leading 50% of colleges and universities by 2030. While we have made progress over the years, with women holding 33% of the roles of president and chancellor today, we do not come close to reflecting the student body in the U.S., which is 58% female. The situation for women of color is more bleak, in that only 13% of presidential survey respondents in the 2023 ACE The American College President study identified as women of color. It is clear that we will not reach our goal by 2030. After almost 50 years of tremendous efforts at the local, state, and national levels--in many cases a lifetime of work by women who volunteer their time, and with diversity, equity, and inclusion being undermined in many states, how will we create parity for all women in higher education? ACE is asking the right questions, and, after leading an inclusive process in late 2023 of which I was proud to be a part, is poised to begin new initiatives. My co-panelists, Martinella, Lia, and Rosaria, with the assistance of Victoria Lloyd, PhD and the support of ACE, are also beginning a study to assess women's advancement programs, so that we can learn what has and will "move the needle" for women. Thank you to everyone at ACE who supports this mission, especially Dr. Gailda Davis and Kim Lee, PhD, and all the staff, such as Monae White, who helped to organize the conference and do so much more! #womensleadership #highereducationleadership #womenempoweringwomen #womennetworking #highereducation

Still work to be done in higher education.

I wish someone told me... To celebrate all small wins and lessons like it was a massive milestone at the beginning of my career. Because... It builds your confidence. It is the best motivator. It creates momentum. It inspires you to do more. it build your trust in your self. It makes your work more meaningful. Instead, I just went head first into the next task. Because I thought I had to do more, be more ans perform more. And there wwa nothing in it for me. Make it count for you. Make it joyful for you. Make it meaningful for you. it'll pay dividends! If you don't know what and how to celebrate, I will do it for you. Join Ready STEM Grow, the Free support and learning community for Women in STEM who want more confidence. impact and income. Link in the comments.

Check out this interview with our Founder & CEO, Dr. Koshi Dhingra, about how we're empowering young females in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math in North Texas! 👩🔬

We believe that the disparity seen among the young girls and boys in terms of choosing career path in STEM is as a result of how these young ones were nurtured, treated and trained during and after their formative years. We want to overturn this scenario by raising the awareness of the accomplishments of female STEM leaders while also offering new opportunities for them to utilize their creative and innovative powers under the influences of science, technology, engineering, and math to connect, learn, and compete to solve the world's most important challenges.

The national plan is built on a foundation of accountability and partnership, a capstone of effective communications and representations about diversity in STEMM, and five key pillars: engagement, inspiration, discovery, innovation, and opportunity.