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From page 287...
... The necessary support system, however, is multisectoral and involves stakeholders from academia to industry to be successful. The report Minority Serving Institutions: America's Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM Workforce emphasizes the vital role that funding organizations have in developing programs that target social and behavioral support for people from minoritized groups.
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.
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.
From page 290...
... 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.
From page 291...
... Appendix B Comparison Tables of Science and Engineering Degrees Earned by Race and Ethnicity and Gender in 2011 and 2019 TABLE B-1  Comparison of Science and Engineering Associate's Degrees Earned by Race and Ethnicity and Gender in 2011 and 2019   SOURCE: Woman, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (NCSES, 2021)
From page 292...
... 292 ADVANCING ANTIRACISM, DEI IN STEMM ORGANIZATIONS TABLE B-2  Comparison of Science and Engineering Bachelor's Degrees Earned by Race and Ethnicity and Gender in 2011 and 2019   SOURCE: Woman, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (NCSES, 2021)
From page 293...
... APPENDIX B 293 TABLE B-4  Comparison of Science and Engineering Doctoral Degrees Earned by Race and Ethnicity and Gender in 2011 and 2019   SOURCE: Woman, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (NCSES, 2021)


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