What are the goals of MentorNet?
Overall, women are increasing their presence in the U.S. (college educated) workforce, and now represent 46% of that workforce. They are, however, less than 15% of the engineers and only 32% of all scientists. Underrepresented minorities (excluding Asian/Pacific Islanders) comprise only 7% of the engineering and scientific workforce. Supporting women and others underrepresented as students and early in their training in engineering and scientific pursuits will assist in meeting current and future labor demands for technical workers, as well as open up interesting and rewarding occupations to more people. The program goals are to provide protégés with mentoring to enhance their persistence in engineering and related science fields and to facilitate their entry into related careers. Secondary objectives of the program include better understanding the progression of mentoring and identifying the predictors of successful mentoring relationships, especially as they apply to electronic mento
