Knowledge Center

New Knowledge Center Launch

In the Fall of 2025, WEPAN launched the new WKC platform. Access to the WKC is a WEPAN Member benefit. Current WEPAN Members will receive invitations to register and create their log-ins for the WKC in phases.

We appreciate the patience of our Members while we continue to build out functions within the Knowledge Center.

Historical STEM Data

The following data contains historical metrics related to enrollment, degrees, salaries and workforce participation for STEM disciplines.

The data was collected and organized by the now-defunct Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST) in 2009 on behalf of WEPAN.

Engaging America's Intellectual Talent - The Status of Women and Minorities in Engineering

The Engaging America's Intellectual Talent presentation was developed in 2009 specifically to generate support for and informed dialogue about diversity in engineering.

History of the WSKC

The Women in STEM Knowledge Center (WSKC) began as the WEPAN Knowledge Center (WKC). The WKC officially launched in June 2009, as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation, granted in 2007 to WEPAN. WEPAN recognized the need for a knowledge center to enable researchers and practitioners to quickly and easily locate resources important to their work without reinventing the wheel or relying on outdated information. Such information was sometimes difficult to locate—published across many diverse organizations, websites, educational institutions, and individual project sites.

Knowing that root causes of women's underrepresentation spans STEM fields, and the multi-disciplinary impact of gender in STEM issues, WEPAN leaders decided to share knowledge center information and resources with the larger STEM community.

The WEPAN Knowledge Center was funded by grants from the Henry Luce Foundation and National Science Foundation (#0648210, 1016711). Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.