CEOSE Mini-Symposium on Women of Color in STEM: Perspectives on Experiences, Research, Evaluation, and Policy in Higher Education and Careers

提案题目：CEOSE STEM中有色人种女性小型研讨会：高等教育和职业的经验、研究、评估和政策视角提案号：OIA ？[0953861]该奖项授予马萨诸塞州剑桥市的TERC， Inc.，为一个关注有色人种女性在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的小型研讨会提供支持。这次小型研讨会定于2009年10月27日至28日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的国家科学基金会（NSF）举行。本次活动的目标是：1)将学者、实践者、项目主管、学生和科学与工程平等机会委员会（CEOSE）的成员聚集在一起，关注当前的问题，以及对有色人种女性STEM教育的理解；2)考虑未来在研究、项目和政策方面的潜在行动方向，以增加这一人口？美国在STEM教育和职业生涯中的代表性。产品包括调查结果摘要和一本书，总结了在小型研讨会期间分享的信息，以及补充数据。这次小型研讨会的结果将使CEOSE能够就如何更好地解决有色人种女性在准备和进入STEM领域时遇到的挑战和障碍向NSF提出明智的建议。最终，这次小型研讨会的结果将有利于STEM社区。这些有益的结果包括识别和讨论挑战和障碍，并为消除有色人种女性在STEM领域获得学位和增加劳动力人口的负面影响的战略奠定基础。

Proposal Title: CEOSE Mini-Symposium on Women of Color in STEM: Perspectives on Experiences, Research, Evaluation, and Policy in Higher Education and CareersProposal Number: OIA ? 0953861The award to TERC, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, provides support for a mini-symposium focused on women of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This mini-symposium is scheduled to be held at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia, on October 27-28, 2009. Goals of this event are 1) to bring together scholars, practitioners, program directors, students, and members of the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE) to focus on current issues, and understandings in STEM education for women of color, and 2) to consider potential directions for future actions in research, programs, and policy to increase this population?s representation in STEM education and careers. Products include a summary of findings and a book, summarizing information shared during the mini-symposium, as well as supplemental data. The results of this mini-symposium will enable CEOSE to make informed recommendations to NSF on how to better address challenges and barriers that women of color encounter as they prepare for and enter into STEM fields. Ultimately, the results of this mini-symposium will be beneficial to the STEM community. These beneficial results are those that include the identification and discussion of challenges and barriers and the laying of the foundation for strategies to negate negative impact on earning degrees by and increasing the workforce population of women of color in STEM fields.