The RAISE project is a campaign to increase the status of professional women through enhanced recognition of their achievements in science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics.

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Women’s Belonging With and Motivation for STEM Fields Smith, Lewis, Hawthorne, & Hodges (2012) conducted an experiment to see if perceived academic effort impacted women STEM graduate students. The results of the study were as follows: Female STEM graduate students who thought they would work harder (effort) than their peers felt a decreased sense of belonging AND decreased motivation. This effect was not found for the male STEM graduate students. If the program was described as a predominately male field, females expected it would require more effort which also decreased their interest in pursuing the field. Lastly, when effort was emphasized as needed to achieve success, women's feelings of belonging and future motivation increased. » Read More	Unfair Wages Women in the U.S. labor force currently earn just over 77 cents for every one dollar men earn
The RAISE Project is supported in part by NSF ADVANCE grant #0930073

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Women’s Belonging With and Motivation for STEM Fields

Smith, Lewis, Hawthorne, & Hodges (2012) conducted an experiment to see if perceived academic effort impacted women STEM graduate students. The results of the study were as follows: Female STEM graduate students who thought they would work harder (effort) than their peers felt a decreased sense of belonging AND decreased motivation. This effect was not found for the male STEM graduate students. If the program was described as a predominately male field, females expected it would require more effort which also decreased their interest in pursuing the field. Lastly, when effort was emphasized as needed to achieve success, women's feelings of belonging and future motivation increased. » Read More

Unfair Wages

Women in the U.S. labor force currently earn just over 77 cents for every one dollar men earn

The RAISE Project is supported in part by NSF ADVANCE grant #0930073