Then MentorNet pairs e-mentors with undergraduate and graduate women studying engineering and the related quantitative, physical, and applied sciences. When students and their potential mentors sign on to participate in MentorNet, everything happens online. They fill out a survey about their interests and experiences.
Mentors receive instructions and guidance by email.
I'm going to talk the program up with my diversity committee, because I think a lot of people would like to do this. He's not alone in his enthusiasm. By all accounts, the program's a raging success. About one-quarter of mentors, like Montero, are male. In fall of 1998, organizers created 500 pairs from 25 schools.