Presidential Awards for Excellence In Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

Mentor Net是一个创新的项目，它利用互联网作为一种工具，进行大规模的辅导，特别是对妇女的辅导。在2000-2001计划年，2000名学生与代表690家公司的1913名导师进行了配对; 70所附属学院和大学参加了培训。它开发的来自行业和政府实验室的大型导师网络为那些接受指导的人提供了对一个领域，职业或组织的更好理解，包括文化因素，典型的专业和个人奖励，可能的挑战和成功策略。 该方案特别有利于支持目前正在高等教育中攻读工程或科学课程的本科和研究生女生。该方案成功地保留了妇女在数学，科学和工程专业和职业。让越来越多的不同公司参与进来是一个关键的好处。还有一个非常强调的程序，它的工作，以不断改善MentorNet操作的评估，并记录该计划的令人印象深刻的统计数据，在支持科学，工程和技术的不同学生的保留。导师的培训和反馈机制使该计划更加有效，确保导师知道如何与学生成功互动。

Mentor Net is an innovative program that uses the Internet as a vehicle to do large-scale mentoring, especially of women. During the 2000-2001 program year, two thousand students were matched with one thousand nine hundred and thirteen mentors representing six hundred and ninety companies; seventy affiliated colleges and universities participated. The large network of mentors from industry and government laboratories it has developed provide those mentored with a better understanding of a field, occupation, or organization, including cultural factors, typical professional and personal rewards, likely challenges, and strategies for success. This program is particularly beneficial in its support of undergraduate and graduate women students who are currently enrolled in engineering or science programs in higher education. The program is successful in the retention of women in mathematics, science, and engineering majors and careers. Involving a large and increasing number of diverse companies is a key benefit. There is also a strong emphasis on the evaluation of the program, which works to continually improve the MentorNet operation, and also documents the program's impressive statistics in supporting the retention of diverse students in science, engineering, and technology. The training and feedback mechanism for mentors makes this program even more effective, ensuring that the mentors know how to interact with the students successfully.