Professional Societies 



Professional societies have tradi- 

 tionally worked to further their 

 science and assist their members. 

 Their influence on the present and 

 future science and engineering 

 workforce is significant. The Task 

 Force respectfully requests profes- 

 sional societies to: 



Action: Make education their 

 priority, and become education 

 advocacy groups. Play an active 

 role in encouraging young people, 

 especially women, minorities and 

 people with disabilities, to pursue 

 the study of mathematics and 

 science. 



Action: Make financial assis- 

 tance, summer work experience, 

 mentoring and career guidance 

 available to a wider range of stu- 

 dents and teachers. 



Action: Encourage their mem- 

 bers to teach, especially in schools 

 that enroll many minority and 

 disabled students. Teaching 

 should be made a requirement for 

 earning professional recognition 

 and leadership positions. 



Action: Recruit women, minori- 

 ties, and people with disabilities to 

 join and take leadership positions 

 in their professional society. 



Action: Sponsor teachers and 

 students to attend their annual 

 conferences. 



Action: Facilitate faculty ex- 

 changes, especially between re- 

 search universities and minority 

 colleges. 



Action: Make use of student 

 chapters to encourage students, 

 especially women, minorities and 

 those with disabilities, in their 

 studies and career plans. 



Action: Use their publications 

 to keep attention on the impor- 

 tance of science and mathematics 

 education which serves all stu- 

 dents. Publicize their sucessful 

 programs as encouragement to 

 others. 



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