NSF INCLUDES DCL: RESET (Re-Enter Stem through Emerging Technology) Conference on Finding Re-Entry Pathways for Women in STEM

本NSF Includes会议是为响应NSF Includes计划的亲爱的同事信(DCL)：通过NSF Includes支持STEM劳动力中的妇女和女退伍军人重新进入STEM劳动力队伍而创建的(NSF Includes(NSF 19-038)。在过去的十年里，我国需要大量STEM专业知识的工作岗位数量增长了近34%，雇主们表示，在依赖熟练技术工人的职业中，他们很难填补职位空缺。女性和女退伍军人是一批能够填补全国STEM职位的人才。项目组正在制定、组织、开展和评估一个会议，支持妇女和女退伍军人重新进入STEM新兴技术领域，如网络安全、数据科学、移动开发和云计算。为期两天的会议的目标是探讨和讨论返乡妇女所面临的挑战，目的是更好地了解她们的情况，找出解决她们在获得新兴技术、教育和就业方面的问题的办法。除了参加会议的许多女学生外，还有来自工业界的演讲者和特邀参与者，NSF包括联盟、社会科学和政策领域，以及来自大学退伍军人事务和大学学术服务办公室等支持组织。一名外部评估员和一个会议咨询委员会正在评估该项目的成果和影响。传播包括在国家会议上介绍研究结果和在期刊上发表文章，以及举办一次关于新兴技术领域返乡妇女最佳做法的网络研讨会。资源材料在项目网站上发布。会议的结果加深了对重新进入STEM劳动力的过程以及女性进入和重新进入STEM劳动力所面临的相关障碍和机会的了解，特别是在新兴技术领域。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This NSF INCLUDES Conference on Finding Re-Entry Pathways for Women in STEM was created in response to the NSF INCLUDES program's Dear Colleague Letter (DCL): Supporting the Re-Entry of Women and Women Veterans in the STEM Workforce through NSF INCLUDES (NSF 19-038). The number of jobs in our country requiring substantial STEM expertise has grown nearly 34 percent over the past decade and employers say they are having trouble filling jobs in occupations that depend on skilled technical workers. Women and women veterans are a pool of talented individuals who can fill STEM jobs nationwide. The project team is developing, organizing, conducting and evaluating a conference supporting the re-entry of women and women veterans in STEM emerging technology fields, such as cybersecurity, data science, mobile development and cloud computing. The goal of the two-day conference is to explore and discuss challenges encountered by returning women with the objective of better understanding their situations and identifying solutions to their problems in accessing emerging technology education and employment. In addition to the many women students who participate in the conference, there are also presenters and invited participants from industry, NSF INCLUDES Alliances, social science and policy fields, and from support organizations, such as university veteran's affairs and academic services offices at universities. An external evaluator, and a conference advisory board, are assessing the outcomes and impacts of this project. Dissemination includes presenting findings at national conferences and publishing in journals, as well as conducting a Webinar on best practices for returning women in emerging technology fields. Resource materials are published on a project website. Results from the meeting enhance the understanding of processes for re-entry, and the related barriers and opportunities women face entering and re-entering the STEM workforce, especially in emerging technology fields.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.