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Entry Point! Program for Students with Disabilities


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Description:
Entry Point! identifies and recruits students with apparent and non-apparent disabilities who are majoring in science, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and some fields of business for internship and co-op opportunities. Students are screened and referred to program partners, who seek specific skills and majors, for consideration of being placed in a summer internship or co-op.

Entry Point! is a national effort to discover and develop talent among undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities who demonstrated a talent and interest in pursuing a STEM career. The primary goal of the project is to increase the diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce at the professional level. Entry Point! recruits, screens, and refers qualified candidates to company and university research program partners for 10-week summer internships.

Interns and their managers at partner sites receive support during the program as well as post-placement follow-up and mentoring.

For more information contact Laureen Summers at lsummers@aaas.org.


Participating Institution(s):
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (Lead)

Program Materials:
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This Program can be Described by:
Academic Disciplines:
STEM Fields

Keywords:
Disabilities
STEM Education
Under-Represented Minorities

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