Fostering Diversity in Geosciences for a Sustainable Future
Explore the societal and professional responsibilities in nurturing diversity in Earth sciences, improving talent recruitment, and overcoming barriers for inclusivity. Discover strategies for enhancing domestic capacity, increasing minority enrollments, and promoting geoscience careers through outreach initiatives.
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1) Societal Responsibility How can we educate our society on issues in Earth Science if the Earth Sciences aren t representative of our society. 1) Societal Responsibility Intelligence and talent equally society. Intelligence and talent are equally distributed in society. are distributed in https://forchicanachicanostudies.wikispaces.com/News+Items We are not attracting the best and brightest from these groups into the geosciences.
2) Professional Responsibility Over the next decade our industry: 72,000 geoscience jobs by 2021 Over the next decade higher education: 15,000 total new graduates MS and PhD level 35,000 total new graduates B.S. level American Geosciences Institute 2012 Talent and intelligence is universal! 2) Professional Responsibility Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012 A diverse industry and geo-society allows: More talents societies Greater innovation Reduced More talents, skills, and societies Greater innovation Reduced fear , skills, and experiences unique to various cultures and experiences unique to various cultures and fear, , improved improved p performance erformance
Need to increase domestic capacity of geoscientist. Utilize trends in minority enrollments in higher education. Need to increase domestic capacity of geoscientist. Develop outreach strategies. Geoscience careers often have a negative or wrong perception of what we really do. Pedagogical strategies Undergrad research opportunities Mentoring initiatives Public outreach events Develop outreach strategies. Pew Hispanic Center analysis of the October 2010 Current Population survey and US Census Bureau http://www.pewhispanic.org /2011/08/25/hispanic-college-enrollment- spikes-narrowing-gaps-with-other-groups/
1) Where we are in the Geosciences What are barriers students and institutions encounter? 2) Where we want to be in the Geosciences How will we define success? 3)Workshop Action Plan What actions do you need to achieve this goal? How do we address the lack of diversity to others? How do we make inclusivity diversity sustainable?
