Engineering Deans Forum on Broadening Participation

国家的经济、福祉和安全与工程驱动的创新联系在一起，工程的未来与扩大该领域的参与密不可分。作为这一职业的管理者，工程系主任敏锐地意识到这些联系，并处于独特的地位，能够在培养一支多样化的工程师队伍方面发挥领导作用，这些人是创新者、领导者和解决问题的人。特别是，作为一个群体，在ADCOM的NSF工程咨询委员会董事会任职的工程院长充当NSF和更广泛的工程界之间的中间人，并帮助指导对工程研究和教育的投资。工程学院院长作为集体影响框架内的骨干组织，以扩大参与为基础的工程学院院长论坛是一个分享和传播、召集和建立伙伴关系的全国性网络，旨在培训和准备一支多样化的工程队伍。该论坛的目标是：1)提高工程学专业任职人数不足群体的百分比；2)实现工程学研究和教育的多样性和包容性；3)为实现上述目标提供持续的机制。通过其活动，工程院长论坛指导开发和实施创新的方法，以实现多样性和包容性，并帮助将基于证据的做法推广到各机构，从而形成一支代表该国各种人才的多样化和灵活的工程劳动力队伍。

The nations economy, well-being and security are linked to engineering-driven innovation and the future of engineering is inextricably linked to broadening participation in the field. As stewards of the profession, Deans of engineering are acutely aware of these linkages and uniquely positioned to provide leadership in the development of a diverse cadre of engineers who are innovators, leaders and problem-solvers. In particular, as a group, the engineering deans serving on the NSF Directorate for Engineering Advisory Committee, AdCom serve as intermediaries between NSF and the broader engineering community and help guide investments in engineering research and education. The Engineering Deans Forum on Broadening Participation anchored by the Engineering AdCom Deans as a backbone organization within a collective impact framework, serves as a national network for sharing and disseminating, convening, and building partnerships toward the training and preparation of a diverse engineering workforce. The goals of the Forum are to 1) increase the percentage of underrepresented groups in engineering, 2) achieve diversity and inclusion in engineering research and education, and 3) provide an ongoing mechanism to achieve the aforementioned goals. Through its activities, the Engineering Deans Forum guides the development and implementation of innovative approaches to diversity and inclusion and helps bring evidence-based practices to scale across institutions leading to a diverse and agile engineering workforce representing the full range of talent in the country.