Geo-Needs: Stakeholder Needs Assessment for Broadening Participation in the Geoscience Workforce part of Geo-Needs
"IMPACT STATEMENT: Increase the number of underrepresented minorities that graduate college with STEM degrees in the next 10 years and improve women's participation in areas of STEM where they are ...

Focus Group 1: Academic Administrators: Design, Implementation and Institutionalizing Geoscience Programs for a Diverse Geoscience Workforce part of Geo-Needs
August 5-7, 2015 × This meeting is focused on administrators to help identify potential sustainable opportunities for enhancing existing geoscience instruction and establishing new instruction at 2YCs and ...

The Role of Resource Providers in Broadening Participation in the Geosciences part of Geo-Needs
× Participants of the 2015 Focus Group for Resource Providers were asked to respond to: What are the primary goals or vision of your organization in this educational context? How do you identify what ...

Responding to the National Mandate part of Geo-Needs
× Broadening participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines is a national imperative. The competitiveness, health and economic well-being of the United States is ...

A Focus on the Geoscience (and STEM) Professions part of Geo-Needs
Jump down to: National Mandates | Geoscience Professional Societies and Diversity National Mandates Rising Above the Gathering Storm--Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (National ...

A Focus on Students: Strategies That Work part of Geo-Needs
Recruitment and Retention of Students from Underrepresented Populations NSF has taken a leadership role in recruitment and retention of students from underrepresented populations in their sponsorship of the ...

Focus Group 4: Geoscience Education Research part of Geo-Needs
Facilitators: Nicole LaDue and Heather Petcovic Pre-Meeting Preparation Resources to Review O'Connell & Holmes 2011 (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 238kB Jul14 15) Sexton et al. 2014 (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE ...

A Focus on Students: Strategies That Work part of Geo-Needs
× Broadening participation of students from underrepresented groups in the STEM disciplines will require a sustained effort to ensure the success of ALL students. It is not fair to encourage students to ...

Institutional, Programmatic, Departmental and Faculty Strategies for Broadening Participation part of Geo-Needs
× Four focus groups met during the summer of 2015 to discuss the roles of administrators, instructors, resource providers, and education researchers in broadening participation. Outcomes from these focus ...

Institutional, Programmatic, Departmental and Faculty Strategies for Broadening Participation in the Geosciences part of Geo-Needs
Systemic changes are needed to facilitate increased participation by students from underrepresented groups in the geosciences. Institutions of higher education and departments must be committed; faculty must have ...