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Minorities in the chemical workforce : diversity models that work : a workshop report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable / Chemical Sciences Roundtable, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division of Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical industry--United States--Congresses.
- Chemical industry.
- Diversity in the workplace--United States--Congresses.
- Diversity in the workplace.
- Minorities in science--United States--Congresses.
- Minorities in science.
- Women in chemistry--United States--Congresses.
- Women in chemistry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable presents a collection of contributed papers that report success stories for increasing diversity. The report provides background information on the value of diversity in the undergraduate environment, and the success stories address both undergraduate and graduate chemistry programs as well as chemical industry.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Preface
- Acknowledgment of Reviewers
- Contents
- Summary
- 1 Diversity: Why Is It Important and How Can It Be Achieved?
- 2 Preparing College Students for a Diverse Democracy
- 3 An HBCU Perspective
- 4 Reports from the Breakout Sessions
- 5 The Meyerhoff Undergraduate Scholars Program
- 6 The Imperative for Leaders and Organizations
- 7 Beating the Odds: Preparing Minorities for Research Careers in the Chemical Sciences
- 8 Reports from the Breakout Sessions
- 9 Diversity in the Industrial R&
- D Workforce: Challenges and Strategies
- 10 Recruiting and Advancing Minority Scientists: Doing It Right
- 11 General Discussion
- A Workshop Participants
- B Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
- C Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610183173
- 9780309182416
- 0309182417
- 9781280183171
- 1280183179
- 9780309507677
- 0309507677
- OCLC:
- 488481054
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