On-Ramps Into Academia Workshops Held to Attract Female STEM Professors

Funded through a three-year NSF grant, the University of Washington's ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change has organized the "On-Ramps Into Academia" program to attract female engineers and scientist Ph.D's from industry into becoming university professors.  The series of two-day workshops (another will be held in 2012) provide information and tools to women who may consider becoming academic role-models for other young women entering STEM professions.  http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/05/17/effort_at_university_of_washington_to_recruit_women_from_industry_to_academic_science