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posted by on Wednesday January 11 2017, @05:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the I'm-not-moving-to-Detroit dept.

General Motors has announced a new partnership with education nonprofit Girls Who Code that's intended to encourage more young women to pursue STEM subjects. The auto manufacturer will offer up a $250,000 grant to help fund after-school STEM clubs in schools, universities, and community centers.

"Becoming an engineer paved the way for my career," said GM CEO Mary Barra in a statement posted to the company's website. "It's one of the reasons I am passionate about promoting STEM education to students everywhere. Partnering with Girls Who Code is one more step in GM's commitment to inspiring and growing diverse future leaders."

[...] GM and Girls Who Code are pursuing this collaboration is [sic] response to the decreasing proportion of women in jobs related to computing, even as the field continues to grow. In 1995, 37 percent of the computing workforce was comprised of women, but today that has shrunk to 24 percent.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday January 11 2017, @10:26PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday January 11 2017, @10:26PM (#452738) Journal

    Yeah I tossed you a softball there, now try womens studies and ballet.

    Ballet: Boys’ Scholarship Dance Program [metropolitanballetacademy.com]
    "Women's" studies: Teaching Gender Studies to Straight Men [insidehighered.com]
    Education: Men Teach [menteach.org]
    Cheerleading: Colleges with Male Cheerleading Scholarships [ehow.com]

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 12 2017, @04:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 12 2017, @04:40AM (#452841)

    Knew a guy who did the womens studies thing, said once you got past the death threats, and vandalism to your vehicle and any other unattended property, it wasn't really worth it.