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Strategies for Broadening Participation

DMR Facilities Directors’ MeetingTallahassee, FL

September 20, 2007

Roosevelt Y. Johnson, Ph.D.Program Director, AGEP

National Science Foundation

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Overview

• Role of Diversity and Inclusiveness

• Strategic and Tactical Thinking

• Areas of Opportunity

• Auxiliary Services

• Bottom Line

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The Role of Diversity

• If we don’t have a diverse workforce, we limit the set of life experiences that an engineering team will have and, consequently, we limit the creativity that could be brought to bear.”– William Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering

• Diverse participation encourages creativity, stability and resilience. Enlisting a broad range of minds and backgrounds … yields products and services that benefit a broad range of consumers. Broad participation benefits business too.– National Center for Women in Information Technology

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Strategic and Tactical Thinking

• Comprehensive vs Cherry Picking

• Collaboration… Co-investment… Leveraging

• Capacity-Building Infrastructure Programs at NSF

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nEHR Invests in

Building Capacity

• Building educational capacity– LSAMP– AGEP

• Building research capacity– HBCU-UP– TCUP– CREST– EPSCoR

Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation

(LSAMP) Increase the number of minority students Increase the number of minority students

who enroll and complete degrees in who enroll and complete degrees in baccalaureate STEM programsbaccalaureate STEM programs Provides research experiences, academic Provides research experiences, academic

support services, mentoringsupport services, mentoring Bridge to the Doctorate (initiated in Bridge to the Doctorate (initiated in

2003)2003) Connecting new LSAMP graduates to doctoral Connecting new LSAMP graduates to doctoral

degree programsdegree programs

Alliances for Graduate Education and the

Professoriate (AGEP) Increase significantly the number Increase significantly the number

of underrepresented students of underrepresented students pursuing advanced studies and pursuing advanced studies and receiving STEM Ph.D. degreesreceiving STEM Ph.D. degrees

Increase significantly the number Increase significantly the number of minorities entering the of minorities entering the professoriate as role models and professoriate as role models and mentorsmentors

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program

(HBCU-UP)and

Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)

Improve the quality of STEM educationImprove the quality of STEM education Increase participation and success in Increase participation and success in

undergraduate programsundergraduate programs Increase access to undergraduate Increase access to undergraduate

research opportunitiesresearch opportunities

Centers for Research Excellence in Science and

Technology (CREST) Build the research competitiveness Build the research competitiveness

of minority-serving institutionsof minority-serving institutions Increase the recruitment and Increase the recruitment and

retention of individuals from retention of individuals from diverse backgrounds in STEM study diverse backgrounds in STEM study and STEM careersand STEM careers

Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive

Research (EPSCoR) Joint program of the NSF and Joint program of the NSF and

several U.S. states and territoriesseveral U.S. states and territories Promotes the development of the Promotes the development of the

states' science and technology states' science and technology resources through partnerships resources through partnerships with universities, industry, and with universities, industry, and government, and the Federal R&D government, and the Federal R&D enterpriseenterprise

Capacity-Building Infrastructure

Who has it? LSAMP: 34 Alliances, >450 LSAMP: 34 Alliances, >450

institutionsinstitutions AGEP: 22 Alliances, >100 AGEP: 22 Alliances, >100

institutionsinstitutions HBCU-UP: 38 active awards to HBCU-UP: 38 active awards to

HBCUsHBCUs TCUP: 18 active awards at Tribal TCUP: 18 active awards at Tribal

Colleges and UniversitiesColleges and Universities CREST: 14 active sites at minority-CREST: 14 active sites at minority-

serving institutionsserving institutions

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Areas of Opportunity

• K-12• Undergraduate• Graduate• Postdoctoral• Faculty

• Outreach• Enrichment• Educational

Development• Professional

Advancement• Career Enhancement

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Where can you find help?

• Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)

• Southern Regional Education Board

• HRD Joint Annual PI Meeting

• Proactive Networking and Communications

• Student Talent Access

• Comprehensive Networking

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Contact Information

• IBP

• SREB

• JAM

• www.agep.us

• http://sreb.org/programs/dsp/institute/instituteindex.asp

• https://www.edjassociates.com/jam07/home.asp

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Bottom Line

Commit…

Plan…

Collaborate…

Evaluate…

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My Contact Information...

Dr. Roosevelt Y. JohnsonProgram Director, AGEP

National Science FoundationDivision of Human Resource Development

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 815Arlington, VA 22230

Phone: 703-292-4669Fax: 703-292-0918

Email: ryjohnso@nsf.gov