STEM Fields – Resource Kit

The Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) team, together with the STEM Fields Spoke advisors within A Bolder Way Forward, have curated a collection of recommended resources. This includes UWLP research and materials as well as valuable contributions from statewide and national community partners and organizations. To get involved in positive change, take action by exploring what you can do as individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.

Research Reports

Resources

Community Research

2024 Utah Female Students and STEM: Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Utah (You Science, 2024)
Georgetown STEM Report (Georgetown, University Center on Education and the Workforce. Washington, D.C., 2011)
How Diversity Makes Us Smarter (Scientific American, 2014)
Impact Report: The Post-Pandemic Tech Talent Shift (Women Tech Council, 2021)
National Center for Education Statistics (Digest of Educational Statistics, 2023)
Reaching the Full Potential of STEM for Women and the US Economy (US Chamber Foundation, 2015)
State Profiles [search word: "Utah"] (The Nation’s Report Card, 2024)
The ACT Profile Report Graduating Class of 2020, Utah (ACT, 2017)
The Gender Gap in STEM and How to Fix It (Women Tech Council, Mar. 2019)
Utah’s Engineering and Computer Science Workforce: Higher Education and Economic Trends [search words: "women" and "gender"] (Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, Oct. 2022)
Women in STEM: 2017 Update (U.S. Department of Commerce, 2017)
Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation (U.S. Department of Commerce, n.d.)

Community Resources

If you have any changes or additions, please email UWLP@usu.edu.

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Community Organizations

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