Building up gender diversity

If enrollment growth at Dunwoody College of Technology is a good tape measure, women are poised to make big strides in Minnesota’s construction industry.

Women currently make up about 18 percent of all students in the school’s popular construction management program, up from just 2 percent a decade ago, said Heather Gay, who has taught at Dunwoody since 2008.

Those rising numbers are no accident, school officials say, as Dunwoody has been deliberate about bringing more women into the school’s technical programs.

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