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APPENDIX D: HIGHLIGHTS OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND THEIR PLENARY REPORTS
APPENDIX D: HIGHLIGHTS OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND THEIR PLENARY REPORTS
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and faculty A key impediment raised in this group was that of The themes for Day One were identified via analysis of an Unsupportive Institutional and Faculty Culture earlier reports to prioritize previously recommended strat- and Environment. Specific issues raised included an egies to enhance diversity: absence of tenured faculty from underrepresented minority populations, isolation of ethnic minority A. Inculcate and reinforce students' academic and pro- students due to their small numbers, and a need for fessional knowledge cultural sensitivity training for faculty and academic B. Enhance pedagogy for current and future teachers staff members.
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And D. Enhance economic enablement of students and stu- they went a step further, noting the importance of dent support organizations distinguishing between engineering and science and Focusing on Lack of Incentives or Financial Support not switching indiscriminately between the two terms and Systemic Problems among Institutions of Higher when talking about engineering. Education, this group listed the following impediments: The group said engineers could look to Google • Too little emphasis on funding research into as an example of a company that had successful what works ly challenged the prevailing culture and changed • No generally accepted business case for why perceptions about the corporate environment.
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• A need for research institutions to recognize Sheinberg, Director of the West Houston Center for that they are overlooking many great BS gradu Science and Engineering at Houston Community ates of minority-serving institutions College, and Felecia Nave, Associate Provost at • An online math course, to be created through Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) , to develop a a consortium of schools, that will both foster "Transfer to PVAMU Plan" for African American and diversity and make math more accessible to stu Hispanic students.
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