Presented to:Advisory Committee For Engineering

May 11, 2005

Diversity UpdateDiversity Update

By: Garie A. FordyceBy: Garie A. Fordyce ENG/Diversity CoordinatorENG/Diversity Coordinator

Outline…… ENG Workforce Profiles

ENG Management Team ENG Staff

Internal Efforts to Broaden Participation Recruitment Professional Development

External Efforts to Broaden Participation ENG Support for Women PIs ENG Participation in NSF-wide Diversity

Programs ERC Outreach Connections SBIR Outreach Connections Other Outreach Efforts Future Planned Diversity Activities

Profile of ENG Management Profile of ENG Management Team by Gender, Race & Team by Gender, Race &

EthnicityEthnicity

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AsianBlackHispanicWhite

Race/ Ethnicity

ENG Staff (%)

National Civilian Labor Force(Source: US Census, 2000)

ASIAN 3 (13%) 5%

BLACK 2 (8%) 11%

Hispanic 0 11%

WHITE 19 (79%) 73%

Profile of All ENG Staff Profile of All ENG Staff by Job Class, Race & Ethnicityby Job Class, Race & Ethnicity

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Job Class Key:BO: Business Operations = 12%PS: Program Support = 31%PD: Program Director = 51%DD: Division Director = 6%

Race/ Ethnicity

ENG Staff (%) National Civilian Labor Force

(Source: US Census, 2000)

ASIAN 16 (12%) 5%

BLACK 53 (38%) 11%

HISPANIC 4 (3%) 11%

WHITE 65 (47%) 73%

Profile of All ENG Staff Profile of All ENG Staff by Job Class & Genderby Job Class & Gender

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Job Class Key:BO: Business OperationsPS: Program SupportPD: Program DirectorDD: Division Director

Gender ENG Staff (%) National Civilian Labor Force

(Source: US Census, 2000)

Male 72 (52%) 53%

Female 66 (48%) 47%

Profile of ENG Program Directors Profile of ENG Program Directors

By Gender, Race & Ethnicity By Gender, Race & Ethnicity

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Gender ENG Staff (%)

Employed Faculty (PhD) Source: NSF/SRS, S&E Indicators, 2001

Male 56 (79%) 93%

Female 15 (21%) 7%

Race/ Ethnicity

ENG Staff (%)

Employed Faculty (PhD)

ASIAN 13 (18%) 19%

BLACK 4 (6%) 3%

HISPANIC

4 (6%) 3%

WHITE 50 (70%) 74%

Internal Efforts Internal Efforts to to

Broaden Participation Broaden Participation

Efforts to Broaden Efforts to Broaden Participation Participation (Recruitment)(Recruitment)

Six (female) Program Directors: BES-3 CTS-1 ECS-2 DMI-1

Three (Hispanic) Program Directors: CMS-2 CTS-1

One African American Program Director (EEC)

Four minority Summer Interns

Efforts to Broaden Efforts to Broaden Participation Participation (Professional (Professional

Development)Development)

Promoted two females (1-Asian, 1-African American) and one African American male.

Funded executive management training for two females PDs.

Provided tuition for three African American female Program Support staff to attend night school.

Supported detail assignments for two African American females.

External Efforts External Efforts to to

Broaden Participation Broaden Participation

DivisionDivision ProposalsProposals AwardsAwards Success Success RateRate

ECS 116 23 20%

CTS 105 33 31%

CMS 185 48 26%

EEC 118 35 30%

DMI 329 69 21%

BES 173 35 20%

Total (ENG) 1026 243 24%

Efforts to Broaden Efforts to Broaden Participation Participation

(ENG Awards to Women PIs)(ENG Awards to Women PIs)

Efforts to Broaden Participation Efforts to Broaden Participation (NSF Diversity Related Programs) (NSF Diversity Related Programs)

ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers. [ENGENG]]

AGEP: Alliances for Graduate Education and The Professoriate. [ENGENG]]

CAREER: Faculty Early Career Development. [ENGENG]]

CIRE: Collaboratives to Integrate Research and Education. [ENGENG]]

CREST: Centers of Research Excellence in Science & Technology. [ENGENG]]

GRS: Graduate Research Supplements. [ENGENG]]

GSE: Research on Gender in Science and Engineering. [ENGENG]]

HBCU-UP: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program. [ENGENG]]

IGERT: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program. [ENGENG]]

IRFP: International Research Fellowship Program. [ENGENG]]

LSAMP: Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation. [ENGENG]]

MIE: Model Institutions of Excellence. [ENGENG]]

MPostDoc: Minority Postdoctoral Fellowships.

PAESMEM: Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. [ENGENG]]

RDE: Research in Disabilities Education. [ENGENG]]

REU: Research Experiences for Undergraduates. [ENGENG]]

RET: Research Experiences for Teachers. [ENGENG]]

SOARS: Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science.

TCUP: Tribal Colleges & Universities Program. [ENGENG]]Key: ENGENG = = ENG directly fund, co-fund, or actively ENG directly fund, co-fund, or actively

participates in the program.participates in the program.

Efforts to Broaden Participation Efforts to Broaden Participation (ERC Diversity Policy Requirements)(ERC Diversity Policy Requirements)

Operate with strategic plans that include goals, milestones, actions, and impacts to increase their diversity at all levels so as to exceed national engineering-wide averages;

Form sustained partnerships with affiliated deans and department chairs to enable this enhancement;

Develop outreach connections with predominantly female and underrepresented-minority institutions as core or affiliate partners;

Develop outreach connections with at least one LSAMP and one or more AGEP, TCUP, CREST, etc. (long-term REUs and graduate bridge fellowships); and

Operate a diversity-oriented Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program as well as a pre-college program focused on diversity involving teachers and students (e.g. Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program)

Efforts to Broaden Participation Efforts to Broaden Participation (ERC Outreach Results – 22 Centers)(ERC Outreach Results – 22 Centers)

No. of No. of CentersCenters

Connected with:Connected with:

6 Predominantly Female Institutions (As Affiliate partners)

5 Underrepresented Minority Institutions (As Core Partners)

14 Underrepresented Minority Institutions (As Affiliate Partners)

14 One or more LSAMP

5 One or more AGEP

6 One or more TCUP

6 Bridge Fellowships to the PhD

1 One or more CREST

1 One or more CIRE

16 Diversity oriented REUs

9 Diversity oriented RETs

Efforts To Broaden ParticipationEfforts To Broaden Participation (SBIR Outreach Connections)(SBIR Outreach Connections)

SBIR funded Phase IIA supplements connecting grantees with CREST (predominantly minority research institutions). Awards are co-funded by SBIR/EHR.

Recent SBIR participation at the EHR/HRD Annual Grantees meeting will ensure future SBIR/EHR collaborations.

SBIR contractor received more funding in FY-05 to promote and assist more minority small businesses participate in NSF sponsored National SBIR conferences.

ENG delegation visited NCA&T

Visited New Mexico State University. Mike Reischman discussed ENG’s programs & interacted with faculty and student.

Participated in 2004 ADVANCE Engineering workshop – chaired by Delcie Durham.

Institutional Transformation and Leadership grant recipients shared successes and lessons learned with Engineering Deans.

DR. Brighton and Dr. Bement gave presentations.

Participated in the 2004 Women In Engineering Institute (WELI) conference at RPI

Keynote: Dr. John Brighton.

Efforts To Broaden Participation Efforts To Broaden Participation (Outreach)(Outreach)

Participated in National Conferences that serve under-represented minority groups, including NSBE, BEYA, SHPE, HACU, AISES and HBCU-UP.

Staffed ENG exhibit Booth – Q&A with students, faculty, and prospective NSF reviewers or employees.

Conduct presentations & workshops and interact with faculty.

Judged science fair projects

Developed minority reviewer database from outreach contacts.

Efforts To Broaden Participation Efforts To Broaden Participation (Outreach, Cont…)(Outreach, Cont…)

Future Planned Future Planned ActivitiesActivities

Minority Faculty Workshop scheduled for fall 2005. Dear Colleague Letter for the new Graduate Research

Supplements to Current ECS and BES Awards for Women and Underrepresented Minority Students (GRS)

Visit to University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. Visits to regional HBCUs including, Hampton

University. Continue outreach collaboration activities with other

directorates. Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

(HACU), October 2005. Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native

Americans (SACNAS), Sept 2005.

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