The Rocky Mountain (Colorado) Teacher Education Collaborative was awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to improve the preparation of science and math teachers and to recruit and retain underrepresented groups in math and science education. As part of this grant project, a survey was conducted of women science educators to assess…

In 1996, follow-up questionnaires were mailed to a racially and ethnically stratified sample of 328 Coloradans who had earned General Educational Development (GED) diplomas in October-December 1995. Although responses were received from 235 (70%) of those surveyed, the response rates for African-Americans and Asian/Pacific Islanders were too low…