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Appendix E-8: American Meteorological Society Written Testimony
Pages 183-187

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From page 183...
... and the statistics aren't disaggregated to atmospheric science by ethnicity and gender at any level beyond the bachelor's degree. Second, the atmospheric and related sciences is a field that includes people with formal degrees in several disciplines -- in fact the 2005 survey of AMS members revealed that only 64 percent of AMS members had terminal degrees in Atmospheric Science (Murillo et al, 2008)
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From page 184...
...  While everyone is affected in tight budget environments, declining grant opportunities and career openings constrict the career pathways and options available to women of color. Policies and/or programs implemented by AMS to enhance the participation of women of color and to advance their academic careers AMS practices and policies reflect a commitment to inclusivity and have benefited women of color, though none specifically and uniquely address women of color.
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From page 185...
... These include:  SOARS, which for 15 years has helped talented undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds transition to graduate programs in the atmospheric and related sciences through research experiences at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, strong scientific, academic and life-skills mentoring, and a learning community model.
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From page 186...
... The goal of the program is to use longitudinal tracking of Earth Science students from Grade 9 through graduate studies to pinpoint effective practices for student recruitment and retention in the climate sciences.  Howard University, a Historically Black University, has an active graduate program in the atmospheric sciences, and has contributed substantively both to the overall diversity of the field as well as to the number of women of color to enter the atmospheric sciences.
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From page 187...
... C., 2008: AMS membership survey results: An Overview and Longitudinal Analysis of the Demographics of the AMS, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 89, issue 5, p.
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