Diversity Update
Presented to:
Advisory Committee For Engineering
May 11, 2005
By: Garie A. Fordyce
ENG/Diversity Coordinator
Outline……
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ENG Workforce Profiles
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Internal Efforts to Broaden Participation
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ENG Management Team
ENG Staff
Recruitment
Professional Development
External Efforts to Broaden Participation
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ENG Support for Women PIs
ENG Participation in NSF-wide Diversity Programs
ERC Outreach Connections
SBIR Outreach Connections
Other Outreach Efforts
Future Planned Diversity Activities
Profile of ENG Management Team
by Gender, Race & Ethnicity
16
15
14
12
10
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
8
6
4
4
2
2
1 1
1
0
Female
Race/
Ethnicity
Male
ENG Staff
(%)
National Civilian Labor Force
ASIAN
3 (13%)
5%
BLACK
2 (8%)
11%
0
11%
19 (79%)
73%
Hispanic
WHITE
(Source: US Census, 2000)
Profile of All ENG Staff
by Job Class, Race & Ethnicity
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
50
40
13
9 8
3
BO
Race/
Ethnicity
ENG Staff (%)
PS
44
PD
4
DD
(Source: US Census, 2000)
16 (12%)
5%
BLACK
53 (38%)
11%
4 (3%)
11%
65 (47%)
73%
WHITE
3
National Civilian Labor Force
ASIAN
HISPANIC
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
Job Class Key:
BO: Business Operations = 12%
PS: Program Support = 31%
PD: Program Director = 51%
DD: Division Director = 6%
Profile of All ENG Staff
by Job Class & Gender
60
56
50
38
40
Male
Female
30
20
15
12
10
5
5
BO
PS
6
1
0
PD
DD
Job Class Key:
Gender
ENG Staff (%)
National Civilian Labor Force
(Source: US Census, 2000)
Male
72 (52%)
53%
Female
66 (48%)
47%
BO: Business Operations
PS: Program Support
PD: Program Director
DD: Division Director
Profile of ENG Program Directors
By Gender, Race & Ethnicity
38
40
35
30
25
20
15
12
12
Male
Female
10
5
1
2 2
Asian
Black
4
0
0
Hispanic
White
Race/
Ethnicity
Gender
ENG Staff
(%)
Employed Faculty (PhD)
Source: NSF/SRS, S&E Indicators, 2001
Male
56 (79%)
93%
Female
15 (21%)
7%
ENG Staff
(%)
Employed
Faculty (PhD)
ASIAN
13 (18%)
19%
BLACK
4 (6%)
3%
HISPANIC
4 (6%)
3%
50 (70%)
74%
WHITE
Internal Efforts
to
Broaden Participation
Efforts to Broaden Participation
(Recruitment)
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Six (female) Program Directors:
 BES-3
 CTS-1
 ECS-2
 DMI-1
Three (Hispanic) Program Directors:
 CMS-2
 CTS-1
One African American Program Director (EEC)
Four minority Summer Interns
Efforts to Broaden Participation
(Professional Development)
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Promoted two females (1-Asian, 1-African
American) and one African American male.
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Funded executive management training for
two females PDs.
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Provided tuition for three African American
female Program Support staff to attend night
school.
Supported detail assignments for two
African American females.
External Efforts
to
Broaden Participation
Efforts to Broaden Participation
(ENG Awards to Women PIs)
Division
Proposals
Awards
Success
Rate
ECS
116
23
20%
CTS
105
33
31%
CMS
185
48
26%
EEC
118
35
30%
DMI
329
69
21%
BES
173
35
20%
Total (ENG)
1026
243
24%
Efforts to Broaden Participation
(NSF Diversity Related Programs)
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ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation
and Advancement of Women in
Academic Science and Engineering
Careers. [ENG]
AGEP: Alliances for Graduate Education
and The Professoriate. [ENG]
CAREER: Faculty Early Career
Development. [ENG]
CIRE: Collaboratives to Integrate
Research and Education. [ENG]
CREST: Centers of Research Excellence
in Science & Technology. [ENG]
GRS: Graduate Research
Supplements. [ENG]
GSE: Research on Gender in Science
and Engineering. [ENG]
HBCU-UP: Historically Black Colleges
and Universities Undergraduate
Program. [ENG]
Key: ENG = ENG directly fund, co-fund, or actively
participates in the program.
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IGERT: Integrative Graduate Education
and Research Training Program. [ENG]
IRFP: International Research Fellowship
Program. [ENG]
LSAMP: Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority
Participation. [ENG]
MIE: Model Institutions of Excellence. [ENG]
MPostDoc: Minority Postdoctoral
Fellowships.
PAESMEM: Presidential Awards for
Excellence in Science, Mathematics and
Engineering Mentoring. [ENG]
RDE: Research in Disabilities Education.
[ENG]
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REU: Research Experiences for
Undergraduates. [ENG]
RET: Research Experiences for Teachers.
[ENG]
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SOARS: Significant Opportunities in
Atmospheric Research and Science.
TCUP: Tribal Colleges & Universities
Program. [ENG]
Efforts to Broaden Participation
(ERC Diversity Policy Requirements)
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Operate with strategic plans that include goals,
milestones, actions, and impacts to increase their diversity at
all levels so as to exceed national engineering-wide averages;
Form sustained partnerships with affiliated deans and
department chairs to enable this enhancement;
Develop outreach connections with predominantly female
and underrepresented-minority institutions as core or affiliate
partners;
Develop outreach connections with at least one LSAMP
and one or more AGEP, TCUP, CREST, etc. (long-term REUs
and graduate bridge fellowships); and
Operate a diversity-oriented Research Experiences for
Undergraduates (REU) program as well as a pre-college
program focused on diversity involving teachers and
students (e.g. Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)
program)
Efforts to Broaden Participation
(ERC Outreach Results – 22 Centers)
No. of
Centers
Connected with:
6
Predominantly Female Institutions (As Affiliate partners)
5
Underrepresented Minority Institutions (As Core Partners)
14
Underrepresented Minority Institutions (As Affiliate Partners)
14
One or more LSAMP
5
One or more AGEP
6
One or more TCUP
6
Bridge Fellowships to the PhD
1
One or more CREST
1
One or more CIRE
16
Diversity oriented REUs
9
Diversity oriented RETs
Efforts To Broaden Participation
(SBIR Outreach Connections)
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SBIR funded Phase IIA supplements connecting
grantees with CREST (predominantly minority research
institutions). Awards are co-funded by SBIR/EHR.
Recent SBIR participation at the EHR/HRD Annual
Grantees meeting will ensure future SBIR/EHR
collaborations.
SBIR contractor received more funding in FY-05 to
promote and assist more minority small businesses
participate in NSF sponsored National SBIR
conferences.
Efforts To Broaden Participation
(Outreach)
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ENG delegation visited NCA&T
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Visited New Mexico State University. Mike Reischman
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discussed ENG’s programs & interacted with faculty and student.
Participated in 2004 ADVANCE Engineering workshop – chaired
by Delcie Durham.
 Institutional Transformation and Leadership grant recipients
shared successes and lessons learned with Engineering
Deans.
 DR. Brighton and Dr. Bement gave presentations.
Participated in the 2004 Women In Engineering Institute (WELI)
conference at RPI
 Keynote: Dr. John Brighton.
Efforts To Broaden Participation
(Outreach, Cont…)
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Participated in National Conferences that serve
under-represented minority groups, including
NSBE, BEYA, SHPE, HACU, AISES and HBCU-
UP.
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Staffed ENG exhibit Booth – Q&A with students, faculty,
and prospective NSF reviewers or employees.
Conduct presentations & workshops and interact with
faculty.
Judged science fair projects
Developed minority reviewer database from
outreach contacts.
Future Planned Activities
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Minority Faculty Workshop scheduled for fall 2005.
Dear Colleague Letter for the new Graduate Research
Supplements to Current ECS and BES Awards for Women and
Underrepresented Minority Students (GRS)
Visit to University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.
Visits to regional HBCUs including, Hampton University.
Continue outreach collaboration activities with other
directorates.
 Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU),
October 2005.
 Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans
(SACNAS), Sept 2005.
Questions & Comments