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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973561003321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

9786610183173

9780309182416

0309182417

9781280183171

1280183179

9780309507677

0309507677

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Disciplina

540/.23/73

Soggetti

Chemical industry - United States

Diversity in the workplace - United States

Minorities in science - United States

Women in chemistry - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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&amp -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.