Report from Study Group Meetings to Develop a Research and Action Agenda on STEM Career and Workforce Mentoring
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Mentoring is often identified as one of many factors that help to increase the participation of groups traditionally underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. These underrepresented groups in STEM include women; African American, Hispanic American, and Native American men; and people with disabilities. However, little is known about the research base on STEM mentoring and the structure and function of mentoring in the STEM educational and workforce sector.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007