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Appendix A: Increasing Participation of Underrepresented Groups in STEM: Themes from Four Recent National Academies Reports
Pages 285-290

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From page 285...
... ; and Defense Research Capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions: Transitioning from Good Intentions to Measurable Outcomes (the National Academies, 2022b)
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From page 286...
... The report Minority Serving Institutions: America's Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM workforce argues that an integral aspect of developing this intentional culture revolves around investing in succession planning and professional development training programs for the next generation of diverse STEM leaders. While increasing the number of people from minoritized groups in leadership at STEM institutions will provide a step in the right direction, solidifying the role of DEI in an institution's organizational structure will fortify long-term actions.
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From page 287...
... An adaptation of successful federal programs like the NSF ADVANCE program, which tasks STEM organizations with addressing an academic and institutional culture that has prevented or stagnated the advancement of people from minoritized groups, should be explored across governmental, nonprofit, and academic STEM organizations. These reports also recommend that federal agencies that support training should also require mentoring plans as part of grant applications, evaluations, and reporting.
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From page 288...
... The recommendations also identify ways that industry should also incorporate practices that provide adequate work-life balance through remote work, flexible hours, parental and family leave, and career counseling. Related Recommendations: • Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads: RECOMMENDATION 6 • Minority Serving Institutions: America's Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM Workforce: RECOMMENDATION 7 • Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech: RECOM MENDATIONS 3-3, 4-3, and 4-4 THEME III: SUPPORT AND INCREASE PATHWAY PROGRAMS THAT TARGET UNDERREPRESENTED/ UNDERRESOURCED INDIVIDUALS Interest in STEM has been shown to start at an early age.
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From page 289...
... Related Recommendations: • Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads: RECOMMEN DATIONS 1, 2, and 5 • Minority Serving Institutions: America's Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM Workforce: RECOMMENDATION 3 • Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech: ­RECOMMENDATIONS 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, and 6-4 • Defense Research Capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Uni versities and Other Minority Institutions: Transitioning from Good Intentions to Measurable Outcomes: RECOMMENDATION 8 THEME IV: FORTIFY DATA COLLECTION, EVALUATION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PROGRAMS As federal agencies, academic institutions, industry, and professional societies incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion metrics into their missions and programs, robust tracking, evaluation, and accountability will ensure that the initiatives are effective and evolve to better address changing demographics and intersectionality. The Minority Serving Institutions report recommends that stakeholders reassess and refine methods of measuring outcomes that consider missions, faculty loads and investments, population needs, and institutional resource constraints.
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... These equity audits should reflect an individual institution's specific context, geography, and resource limitations and should track an institution's progress over time in improving the inclusion of people from minoritized groups. Related Recommendations: • Minority Serving Institutions: America's Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM Workforce: RECOMMENDATION 10 • Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech: ­RECOMMENDATIONS 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4A, B, C • Defense Research Capacity at Historically Black Colleges and ­Universities and Other Minority Institutions Transitioning from Good Intentions to Measurable Outcomes: RECOMMENDATIONS 3A, 3B, and 3C REFERENCES National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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