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Tuesday, October 14, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Engineering school sees jump in women's interest, enrollment
Female population reaches all-time high
By Micki Jones Special to the Kansan
The number of women engineers at the University of Kansas reached an all-time high this semester.
The number grew to 323 or 20 percent of the School of Engineering. In 1996, 261 women engineering majors were enrolled at the University.
"This year, all of a sudden, we had a jump in women's enrollment," said Tom Mulinazzi, associate dean of engineering. "Our junior high and high school summer programs are showing positive feedback in terms of recruitment."
The increase is a reflection of a national trend, said Florence Boldridge, director of the engineering school's diversity program. Boldridge said the recruiting programs and changing times were the chief reasons for the increase.
These factors are bringing a higher caliber of students, especially women, to the School of Engineering, she said.
Each year, the school recruits future students by sending current students into high schools and junior high schools to share their experiences as engineering students. They also host "Engineer's Week" for potential engineering students of both sexes.
"The stereotype does not bother me because I get along well with men," said Erin Anthony, Wichita sophomore in architectural engineering. "When people say that engineering is a 'guy thing,' it is a power trip to know I can do things in my classes just as well as they can."
Dianna Kline, Rolla, Mo., senior in architectural engineering, said she did not sense any competition between male and female engineering students, inside or outside of the classroom.
"More and more women are making their mark." Kline said.
Every day, more women realize that they are as smart as the opposite sex and can do the work just as well as males, Boldridge said.
"Women have learned to hold their own and speak up for themselves in the field of engineering," she said.
"Women have learned to hold their own and speak up for themselves in the field of engineering."
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At Kansas State University, though, there has been a significant drop in the number of women in engineering. Women represent 15 percent of the engineering school's population. The number fell from 369 women in the fall of 1996 to 309 in the spring semester of 1997.
"We have been seeing a trend over the last couple of years," said Ruth Dyer, chairwoman of the task force for women in engineering at Kansas State. "There has been a lower enrollment overall, for both females and males. Because the job market has been tighter over the past few years, fewer students came into K-State's school of engineering. I would expect the numbers to increase again with the changing market."
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