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APPENDIX E-8: Promising Programs in Science: A Cross-National Exploration of What Works to Attract and Sustain Women--Daryl Chubin, Catherine Didion, Josephine Beoku-Betts, and Jann Adams
Pages 105-108

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From page 105...
... The more realistic and attainable status of a program often is its "promise." "Promising programs" is a term popularized in the 2004 report from the public-private initiative known as BEST -- Building Engineering and Science Talent. In its report, A Bridge for All, 124 university-based, undergraduate-centered STEM5 programs operating in the United States were reviewed, using the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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From page 106...
... Those criteria would include · the form of intervention (typically more than one kind of activity) designed to produce a desired outcome; · a specified target population; · a track record of minimally five years of operation; · evidence of positive outcomes (ideally documented through third-party evaluation or a research study, preferably with a comparison group)
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From page 107...
... The TWOWS/OWSDW Postgraduate Training Fellowship Program was established in 1998, and has funded young women scientists under the age of 40 to secure postgraduate training in centers of research excellence in the global South.8 The Training Fellowship program demonstrates excellence of the host training institutions in the global South. Africa is disproportionately represented among countries applying for and receiving awards, compared to the Asia and Pacific Regions and Arab Regions.
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From page 108...
... In an effort to move systematically from program context to description to inference, we are engaged in the academic equivalent of converting theory to practice. Documenting program characteristics is but a step toward understanding why interventions have produced differences in participation among any underserved group in science.13 This is where research transcends evaluation and influences stakeholders in sponsor, performer, and policy-making communities to recognize promising programs.
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