Workshop on the Science of Broadening Participation

这是一项关于举办讲习班的建议，该讲习班将侧重于与妇女、少数群体和残疾人在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的代表性和参与有关的实证研究。研讨会的目的是将广泛的研究人员聚集在一起，他们的工作为一门科学提供了更广泛的参与。从扩大参与度的科学中获得的知识可以加深我们对什么对增加科学人才库起作用和什么不起作用的理解。扩大参与的科学将采用各种理论和方法来回答与进入STEM领域的机会、机会和包容性问题有关的研究问题。从根本上说，它将解决涉及教育和经济机会分配不公平的重要问题，并表明这种不平等如何影响妇女和代表性不足的少数群体的成就。讲习班将包括一个由25-30名杰出科学家组成的小组，他们在社会科学、行为科学和经济学(SBE)所代表的各个领域扩大参与，以及来自其他领域的几名科学家从事扩大对STEM的参与的工作。为期两天的研讨会将于2008年6月23日至24日在国家科学基金会举行。

This is a proposal for a workshop that will focus on empirical research related to the representation and participation of women, minorities and persons with disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. The aim of the workshop is to bring together a broad array of researchers whose work informs a Science of Broadening Participation. Knowledge that is derived from a Science of Broadening Participation can further our understanding of what does and does not work to increase the scientific talent pool. A Science of Broadening Participation would employ a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to answer research questions related to issues of access, opportunity and inclusion in STEM fields. Fundamentally, it would address important questions that deal with the inequitable distribution of educational and economic opportunities, and demonstrate the ways in which this inequity impacts the achievement of women and underrepresented minorities. The Workshop will include a small group of 25-30 distinguished scientists working in the science of broadening participation across the fields represented within the Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) sciences as well as a few scientists from other areas engaged in the work of broadening participation in STEM. The 2-day workshop will take place at the National Science Foundation, June 23-24, 2008.