2008 Minority Faculty Development Workshop

CBET-0829908Barabino工程学院缺乏多样化是有据可查的，这一问题对建立一支多样化的劳动力队伍的严重后果也是如此，这支队伍将促进和支持国家的繁荣。一个文化多样性的教师是必要的，以提供榜样，谁将提高吸引力和保留代表性不足的学生在工程，谁将取代老化的工程教师。增加少数民族工程教师的代表性需要采取多方面的方法，包括增加进入和留在学院的博士毕业生人数。2008年10月将在NSF举办的2008年少数民族教师发展讲习班（MFDW）解决了这一需求。2008年研讨会的总体目标是为代表性不足的少数民族有抱负的教师提供必要的建议，指导和发展工具，以进入，成功和蓬勃发展，并增加工程学院的颜色的数量。2008年研讨会的主题是"今天建设明天的工程学院"，目标受众是在美国四年制大学担任研究生助理或博士后职位的NSF（非裔美国人、西班牙裔或美洲土著人）定义的代表性不足的群体成员。通过一系列精心制作和量身定制的会议和活动，参与者将变得更加知识渊博，能够更好地导航作为工程教师的职业成功之路。智力优势：少数民族教师发展计划已被证明对实现学术事业的成功和增加代表性不足的少数民族教师的数量有积极的影响（约翰逊，1999年，穆迪，2004年）。它还表明，少数民族教师不太可能有导师，更有可能是不充分了解终身教职和晋升程序和政策，通常收到的资金比多数教师低，往往有较低的出版率比多数教师，更有可能遭受排斥在他们的机构（格雷戈里，1995年，艾伦，2002年）。拟议的讲习班纳入了以文献为基础的战略，并采取学术方法，培养一支准备在学术上取得卓越成就的少数群体教师队伍。更广泛的影响：对于代表性不足的少数民族来说，通往学院的管道充满了各级持续的漏洞，最终威胁到我们国家培养一支有能力处理21世纪世纪问题的多样化劳动力的能力。在研究生和博士后一级，代表性不足的少数群体学生和同事：1）在培训期间受到系统和体制偏见的影响，影响他们坚持和发展的能力; 2）缺乏与他们有相同背景的导师和榜样; 3）往往缺乏对学术生涯的充分了解和准备; 4）往往不愿从事这类职业。拟议的2008年少数民族教师发展讲习班专门针对这一群体，并提供工具和战略，以提高他们在通往学院和通过学院的道路上的成功。这些努力将导致代表性不足的少数族裔工程学院的人数增加，并有助于培训和留住多样化的学生。计划利用现有网络基础设施举措开展的传播工作将扩大讲习班的参与者和受益者群体，扩大讲习班的最终影响，这项活动得到工程局各司和办公室的支持。

CBET-0829908BarabinoThe lack of diversification of the engineering faculty is well documented as are the serious ramifications of this problem on building a diverse workforce that will enhance and support national prosperity. A culturally diverse faculty is necessary to provide role models who will enhance the attraction and retention of underrepresented students in engineering and who will replace an aging engineering faculty. Increasing the representation of minority engineering faculty requires a multifaceted approach that includes increasing the number of doctoral graduates who are entering and being retained in the academy. This need is addressed by the proposed 2008 Minority Faculty Development Workshop (MFDW) to be held at NSF in October of 2008. The overall goals of the 2008 Workshop are to provide underrepresented minority aspiring faculty with advice, guidance and developmental tools necessary to enter, succeed and thrive in academe and to increase the numbers of faculty of color in engineering. The theme of the 2008 workshop is "Building Tomorrow's Engineering Faculty Today" and the target audience is members of underrepresented groups as defined by NSF (African-American, Hispanic or Native American) holding graduate assistant or postdoctoral appointments in a U.S. four-year institution. Through a series of carefully crafted and tailored sessions and activities, participants will become more knowledgeable and better able to navigate the path to career success as an engineering faculty member. Intellectual Merit: Minority faculty development programs have been shown to have a positive effect on achieving academic career success and increasing the numbers of underrepresented minority faculty (Johnson, 1999, Moody, 2004). It has also been shown that minority faculty are less likely to have mentors, are more likely to be under-informed about tenure and promotion procedures and policies, typically receive funding at lower rates than majority faculty, often have lower publication rates than majority faculty, and are more likely to suffer from exclusion at their institutions (Gregory, 1995, Allen, 2002). The proposed workshop incorporates literature-based strategies and takes a scholarly approach towards the development of a cadre of minority faculty poised for academic excellence. Broader Impacts: For underrepresented minorities, the pipeline to the academy is fraught with persistent leaks at all levels that ultimately threaten our nation's ability to train a diverse workforce equipped to handle 21st century problems. At the graduate and postdoctoral levels, underrepresented minority students and associates 1) are subjected to systematic and institutional biases during their training that impacts their ability to persist and thrive, 2) lack mentors and role models who share their background, 3) often lack sufficient knowledge of and preparation for academic careers and 4) are often dissuaded from pursuing such careers. The proposed 2008 Minority Faculty Development Workshop specifically targets this group and provides tools and strategies to enhance their success in navigating the path to and through the academy. These efforts will lead to increases in the number of underrepresented minority engineering faculty and contribute to the training and retention of a diverse population of students. Planned dissemination efforts that exploit current cyberinfrastructure initiatives will broaden the pool of participants and beneficiaries of the workshop and its ultimate impact.This activity is supported by every Division and Office in the Engineering Directorate.