Chambersburg Area Career Magnet School

Accessibility to STEM Education

• Access STEM: The Alliance for Access to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  Classroom strategies and employment opportunities that make STEM accessible to students with disabilities. From the University of Washington.
• Minority-Focused National STEM Initiatives
  This National High School Alliance site includes minority-related STEM initiatives, as well as other national, state, and local programs.
• Capacity Building to Diversify STEM: Realizing Potential among HBCUs
  This 2010 Urban Institute study analyzes the documented success of historically Black Colleges and Universities’ undergraduate programs in STEM and makes recommendations for other HBCUs and predominantly white institutions.
• STEM Access for Students with Disabilities
• The University of Washington provides a variety of resources on accommodating students with disabilities in STEM education.
• STEM Equity Pipeline
  An initiative that focuses on increasing STEM options for women and girls National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation.
• Assistive Technologies Enable Discovery
  This article explores the “explosion of assistive technology that has changed young scientists' academic experiences and makes possible work experiences that might not have been possible 20 years ago.”
• Profiles in Technological Adaptation
  This article describes how assistive technology has enabled four professionals to achieve success in STEM careers.