Breaking the Barriers shows how increased career awareness and exposure to mentors and role models can help students see science and math-related careers as desirable and viable options. It explains how test preparation, activity-based instruction, cooperative learning, and tutoring can help to improve academic outcomes.

Beatriz Chu Clewell and Bernice Taylor Anderson are the authors of Breaking the Barriers: Helping Female and Minority Students Succeed in Mathematics and Science, published by Wiley.