Mentor Networks
Hewlett Packard, a pacesetter in telecommunications training for its own employees, has now offered to match 3000 of its employees with an equivalent number of students in grades 5-12...
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Hewlett Packard, a pacesetter in telecommunications training for its own employees, has now offered to match 3000 of its employees with an equivalent number of students in grades 5-12. Along with the Fulfillment Fund, it is strongly endorsed by key mentoring organizations. The design of this site can serve as an excellent model for other companies, because it includes tips for mentors, resources, and, above all, a strong commitment to community outreach.Hewlett-Packard is included as one of the excellent models. This packet is an outstanding resource--to the point and inclusive of the various opportunities available.Another useful set of tips for productive online mentoring is located at UC Irvine. From Eskimo click on Amateur Science to find a long list of volunteer mentors in fields ranging from neurobiology to optics to oceans.
EDC sponsors CCT, a telementoring network especially for young women. One of the special features of CCT is the visualization lounge--reserved for visual depictions of abstract formulae. Black American Technology Week (early February each year) presents an opportunity for mentoring and career development.Both women and black Americans are very underrepresented in science and technology, though for women some advances have been made.
A short list of Math Mentors is maintained by the DOEd.
The Pan-Educational Institute is an international mentor network.
Look at the website of Sally Ride, the first woman astronaut, for information about careers in the space sciences.
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While HP is an electronics company, other businesses or community organizations could benefit from their strategies and progress.
See also entries, Scientists and Mathematicians Online and Project Experts.
