15th Annual National Conference of the QEM/MSE Network February 24-25, 2006Washington, DC

BEST FOR STEM

Daryl E. ChubinAAAS Capacity Center

2006 QEM

Current Challenges: What to Fix? • Students:

o Demographic composition

o Pre-college academic preparation

• Pathways:

o Intervention programs—add-on to formal education

o Access to higher education—cost reduces diversity

• College Environment:

o Cultural competence of faculty

o Structural support—climate, career information, mentoring

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Minority = Black/African American, Hispanic, and American Indian

Source: Joan Burrelli, NSF, based on 1999 Common Core of Data, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES); NCES, 1998 IPEDS Fall Enrollment Survey; UCLA Higher Education Research Institute,1998 American Freshman Survey (estimate); and NCES, 1998 IPEDS Completions Survey

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Lessons of BEST Program Review• Building Engineering and Science Talent (public-private

partnership derived in 2001 from congressional commission—www.bestworkforce.org)

• 120 experts organized into 3 panels (PreK-12, higher ed, workforce)

• 124 nominated higher ed-based STEM programs

• 12 selected via panel review as exemplary/promising

• Features distilled into “design principles” that grow capacity

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source: A Bridge for All, www.bestworkforce.org, 2004

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The Conversation Continues . . .

Email: dchubin@aaas.org

Call: 202-326-6785

Consult: www.aaascapacity.org