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Paper ID #240892018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29New Affirmative Action Federal Contractor Regulations: An Opportunity forAll Engineering Organizations to Broaden the Participation of People withDisabilitiesDr. Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Rice University Canek Phillips (P’urepecha) is a postdoctoral research associate at Rice University in the Brown School of Engineering. Canek’s research interests broadly relate to efforts to broaden participation in engineering. Currently, he is working on a project to improve mathematics education for visually
. TheScience hires interns with disabilities through objectives of the student chapter organizations project areAccessComputing to support the CSE department’s K12 to:computing and cybersecurity outreach program. Goals of Sustain and deepen students’ interests by increasingthis internship program at MSU are: inclusion and support co-curricular and mentoring opportunities across levels thatfor computing majors with disabilities, increased student will allow students with disabilities to engage with STEM,confidence, and increased peer communication and and in particular computing.relationship building. A total of 5 students have worked in Provide near-peer mentoring