CaREN: Career Resources Education Network for STEM

教育发展中心公司的性别与多样性研究所正在开发和维护科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 职业发展数字图书馆 - CaREN, l。或 STEM 职业资源教育网络 - 旨在吸引初高中生。资源、用户服务和界面特别强调目前在 STEM 教育和职业中代表性不足的人群的需求和兴趣，包括女性、有色人种学生和残疾青少年。该项目正在实现其目标：创建和维持一个易于访问、全面的职业发展资源，吸引和吸引不同群体的初高中学生，并以他们不同的切入点和兴趣点为基础，吸引他们进入 STEM 中一系列易于导航的职业探索选择和资源。领域。该项目的活动包括：1）基于性别与科学数字图书馆的开发，设计和开发CaREN数字图书馆； 2）利用当前关于有效访问和使用数字资源的研究； 3）利用全国调查和焦点小组来确定不同中学生群体如何看待他们的职业发展需求、数字图书馆可以帮助他们的方式以及引人入胜的设计的关键组成部分。 CaREN 关注代表性不足的人群，旨在让更多学生接触 STEM 职业选择，从而增加他们进入高中和大学学习 STEM 科目的机会。

The Gender and Diversities Institute at Education Development Center, Inc. is developing and maintaining a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) career development digital library - CaREN, l. or the Career Resources Education Network for STEM- targeted toward engaging middle and early high school students. The resources and, the user services and interface place particular emphasis on the needs and interests of currently underrepresented populations in STEM education and careers, including females, students of color, and youth with disabilities.The project is achieving its goals to: create and sustain an easily accessible, comprehensive career development resource that is inviting and engaging of diverse populations of middle and early high school students, and that builds on theirdiverse points of entry and interest, and draws them into an easily navigable range of career exploration options and resources in the STEM field. Among the project's activities are: 1) the design and development of the CaREN digital library based on development of the Gender and Science Digital Library; 2) the use of current research on effectively accessing and using digital resources; and, 3) utilization of national surveys and focus groups in determining how different populations of middle school students perceive their career development needs, ways that a digital library could help them, and the key components of an engaging design. CaREN's focus on underrepresented populations is serving to expose more students to STEM career options, thereby increasing their flow into the study of STEM subjects at the high school and college levels.