Recruiting & Retaining Students with Disabilities in Engineering, Science and Mathematics

妇女、少数群体和 科技残疾人 建议采取行动， 残疾人的参与 在科学和工程领域。 到目前为止， 对这些教育改革的关注 已经被赋予了前殖民时期的科学， 数学教育，但大学和 大学必须参与，如果这一目标是 要达到。 该项目的目标是招募和 残疾学生在 工程和科学项目， 华盛顿大学。 项目 包括四个组成部分：（1）寄宿 中学暑期科学课程 残疾学生;（2）A 参与暑期辅导计划 学生将严重依赖全年 与科学家的计算机互动（ （3）残疾人;（4） 大学“多样性意识”方案 教职员工和当地的大学预科 科学教师;（4）信息 传播计划，将包括 对科学和数学教师的宣传 西北地区。 招聘和保留材料 残疾学生将被培养 并以各种形式分布-- 录像带;录音带;计算机磁盘; 可通过因特网查阅的电子文件 网络;和书面小册子， 大号字体和盲文 会议将 提供机会传播 招聘/留用材料以及 那些专门为夏天开发的 程序. 它们将适用于 其他学校。 “多样性意识”季度讲习班 为教职员工，学生和当地 科学教师，旨在增加 对学生面临的障碍的认识 残疾人，并提出创造性和 提供获得教育机会的实际办法 对学生的指导和校园服务 残疾人。 本项目中开发的方法将用于 作为招聘和留住员工的典范 其他院校残疾学生 在华盛顿大学以及 全国各地的其他校园。

The Task Force on Women, Minorities and the Handicapped in Science and Technology recommended that actions be taken to increase the participation of persons with disabilities in science and engineering. To this point, most attention to these educational reforms has been given to precollege science and mathematics education, but colleges and universities must be involved if this goal is to be reach. The goals of this project are to recruit and retain students with disabilities in the engineering and science programs at the University of Washington. The project includes four components: (1) A live-in summer science program for secondary-level students who have disabilities; (2) A mentoring program for the participating summer students that will rely heavily on year-round computer-based interactions with scientists ( many of whom have disabilities); (3) A "diversity awareness" program for university faculty and staff and local pre-college science teachers; and (4) An information dissemination program that will include outreach to science and math teachers in the northwest region. Materials for recruiting and retaining students with disabilities will be produced and distributed in a variety of forms -- videotape; audiotape; computer disks; electronic files accessible over the Internet network; and written brochures in standard and large print, and braille. A conference will provide an opportunity for dissemination of materials for recruitment/retention as well as those developed specifically for the summer program. They will be adaptable for use by other schools. The quarterly "diversity awareness" workshops for faculty, staff, students, and local science teachers, are intended to increase the awareness of barriers faced by students with disabilities and to present creative and practical approaches for providing access to instruction and campus services to students with disabilities. Methods developed in this project will serve as models for recruiting and retaining students with disabilities in other colleges at the University of Washington as well as on other campuses across the country.