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3 Changing the Game: Key Themes and Suggested Actions
Pages 23-26

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... ENSURING A GROWING POOL OF WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS Many workshop participants readily acknowledged that in order to ensure that there are sufficient trained, qualified, and interested employees in the science and education workforce long into the future, particularly underrepresented minorities and women, attention must be focused on introducing children at the K-12 level to science and engineering and the careers available to them. This is critically important to meeting the overall challenge.
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... 4 This younger group of online, social media–active S&E professionals can also help to identify alternative approaches to successful mentoring. 5 Comment made by workshop participants.
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... In addition, more analysis of what students at the K-12 and undergraduate levels know about potential science and engineering career paths would enhance understanding of how their knowledge, or lack thereof, shapes their expectations and career decisions. 19 Further, because industries vary greatly, rather than combining employment and advancement data for all industries together, it would be beneficial to study differences among industries.
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... 23 Comment made by workshop participants. 24 Additionally, one could research whether or not equity in female role models in management positions is critical in increasing the number of women overall and the number of women choosing to pursue management roles, if other environmental policies and considerations are in place to support them in whatever roles they play.
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Key Terms

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  • underrepresented minorities
  • minority scientists
  • denied equal
  • equally qualified

  • similarly situated
  • industrial workforce
  • equal access
  • situated citizens
  • minority students

  • involving students
  • candidates evaluated
  • reflect broader
  • successive generations
  • federal glass

  • preparation stage
  • broader spectrum
  • student research
  • allow technical
  • community college

  • technical work
  • paths available
  • ensuring successful
  • careers available
  • earning power

  • role models
  • technical employees
  • facing women
  • corporate levels
  • especially minority


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