National Academy of Engineering
and
Committee on Science, Engineering an Public Policy’s
Joint Committee on Capitalizing on the Diversity of the Science and Engineering Workforce in Industry

		Project Scope An ad hoc committee will conduct a study on how to maximize the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women and underrepresented minorities in industries that have a large science and engineering (S&E) component. The committee will develop findings, identify best practices and provide recommendations to guide industry policy makers. The committee will address the following questions: (1) What is the representation of women and underrepresented minorities in the industrial workforce? Do women and underrepresented minorities hold significant leadership positions? Does this differ by sector? What is the rate of change? Is it sufficient relative to the overall workforce population of women and underrepresented minorities? (2) What is the typical route of advancement in science and engineering firms? Do the routes of advancement for women and minorities in industry differ from majority men in industry? Have the efforts by industry to recruit greater participation of women and minorities been effective? Do the critical points for advancement in technical careers differ from that of non-technical careers? (3) What current challenges exist in the recruitment, retention and advancement of women and underrepresented minority scientists and engineers working in industry? Do these challenges differ by S & E sector? Large and small corporations? Research and technical versus business and management? Do corporations and individual scientists and engineers hold the same view? (4) How do workplace recruitment, retention and advancement policies influence the competitiveness of individual firms in the marketplace? The competitiveness of industrial sectors? Are there exemplars that illustrate this? (5) How can industrial policies encourage the recruitment, retention and advancement of women and underrepresented minorities? What works and what does not work? Does one type of policy work better than another ? (e.g., "push" vs. "pull strategies) What are the best practices? Are they distinctive for women? For underrepresented groups? For women of color? (6) Are there best practices in industry that could be replicated in academia to increase the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women and underrepresented groups?		PROJECT LINKS * Meetings & Events * Members * Staff * Sponsors
				Contact Information: Committee on Capitalizing on the Diversity of the S&E Workforce in Industry Keck Center National Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW, COSEPUP/WS525 Washington, DC 20001 Send comments to: Diversity@nas.edu
Meetings & Events June 11-12, 2008 Joint Committee Meeting National Academies of Sciences Building 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC [Agenda] September (TBD) Convocation Transitions and Transformation: Accelerating Diversity in Science and Engineering National Academies iof Science Building 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC [More Information] Back to top Members Nicholas M. Donofrio: Co-Chair Executive Vice President, Innovation and Technology, IBM Corporation Ann L. Lee: Co-Chair Vice President, Process Development , Genentech, Inc Amy E. Alving Chief Technology Officer, Science Applications International Corporation Richard D. Stephens Senior Vice President, Internal Services , The Boeing Company Lueny Morell Director, Engineering Education Innovation, Hewlett Packard Company Celeste A. Clark Senior Vice President, Global Nutrition and Corporate Affairs, Kellogg Company Robert P. Casillas Vice President & Manager, Biomedical Science and Technology Line, Battelle Memorial Institute Mauricio Futran Vice President, Process Research and Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Richard B. Freeman Director of the Labor Studies Program, National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard University Herman B. White, Jr. Senior Scientist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Back to top Staff Catherine Didion, Study Director Phone: (202) 334- 1737 Email: cdidion@nas.edu Earnestine Psalmonds, Senior Program Officer Phone: (202) 334-2557 Email: epsalmonds@nas.edu Neeraj P. Gorkhaly, Senior Project Assistant Phone: (202) 334-1358 Email: ngorkhaly@nas.edu Back to top Sponsors This committee’s work is being sponsored by the generous contribution from Lockheed Martin Corporation, Mars Inc and National Academy of Engineering . Back to top