The Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) conducts a comprehensive summer program to expose K-12 students to STEM topics and careers. In summer 2015, over 70 individual K-12 STEM programs were held at Georgia Tech.
Efforts to recruit and retain larger numbers of female students are vital, as women represent one of our best opportunities for increases in STEM fields. Once enrolled, women recruited as engineering students at Georgia Tech have the option to be paired with a mentor, become eligible for corporate-sponsored scholarships, and have the opportunity to assume various leadership positions. The effort to recruit and engage women in STEM fields at Georgia Tech has been successful. Over the past five years, the number of women enrolled in STEM majors at Georgia Tech has increased from 2,793 (20% of total undergraduate STEM enrollment) to 3,638 (25% of total undergraduate STEM enrollment), and once enrolled, women at Georgia Tech graduate at a higher and faster rate than men.
