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Minorities in the Chemical Workforce:

Diversity Models that Work - A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

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Size: 174 pages, 8 1/2 x 11

Publication Year:2003

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Chemical Sciences Roundtable, National Research Council
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This report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable presents a collection of contributed papers that report success stories for increasing diversity. The report provides background information on the value of diversity in the undergraduate environment, and the success stories address both ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Summary	1-5	(skim)
1 Diversity: Why Is It Important and How Can It Be Achieved?	6-15	(skim)
2 Preparing College Students for a Diverse Democracy	16-35	(skim)
3 An HBCU Perspective	36-46	(skim)
4 Reports from the Breakout Sessions	47-51	(skim)
5 The Meyerhoff Undergraduate Scholars Program	52-65	(skim)
6 The Imperative for Leaders and Organizations	66-83	(skim)
7 Beating the Odds: Preparing Minorities for Research Careers in the Chemical Sciences	84-92	(skim)
8 Reports from the Breakout Sessions	93-105	(skim)
9 Diversity in the Industrial R&D Workforce: Challenges and Strategies	106-123	(skim)
10 Recruiting and Advancing Minority Scientists: Doing It Right	124-135	(skim)
11 General Discussion	136-148	(skim)
Closing Remarks	149-150	(skim)
Appendix A: Workshop Participants	151-155	(skim)
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers	156-159	(skim)
Appendix C: Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable	160-161	(skim)

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This report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable presents a collection of contributed papers that report success stories for increasing diversity. The report provides background information on the value of diversity in the undergraduate environment, and the success stories address both undergraduate and graduate chemistry programs as well as chemical industry.

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