Recruitment, support necessary to boost women in STEM majors

North Carolina State U's industrial and systems engineering department has found success

When Anita Vila-Parrish was an undergraduate student at North Carolina State University 15 years ago, there were no women faculty in the industrial and systems engineering department. Now there are three, and it feels like a victory in the 20-member department.

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