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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: [email protected]
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