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In October 2004, AAAS and the National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering (NACME) published a "guidebook," Standing Our Ground, to help campuses gain a better understanding of the issues and options for action on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and outreach. Along with legal advice, the report can inform decisions by administrators, deans, and faculty about the centrality — as a matter of law — of diversity in STEM human resources, both for fulfilling their institution's mission and for serving the national interest.
Overview
On January 15, 2008, AAAS and NACME hosted a Roundtable at the Grand Hyatt Washington consisting of approximately 30 selected contributors who come from the worlds of general counsels, university presidents, diversity researchers, faculty program administrators, and corporate and federal sponsors. One of our purposes, a carry-over from our 2004 Standing Our Ground report, is to bridge legal strategies to institutional/program behavior. What could University Counsels do, how could Presidents/Provosts be more consultative with program administrators/ faculty, what creative responses to restrictions on “targeting” could be devised or are already operations, etc.?
Panelists and Speakers
Panel 1: Legal Implications of Supreme Court 2007 Seattle/Jefferson Co. Rulings for Higher Ed
| Richard Kahlenberg |
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Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation |
| Jamie Lewis Keith |
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Vice President & General Counsel, University of Florida |
| Michael A. Olivas |
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Bates Distinguished Chair of Law & Director, Institute of Higher Education Law &
Governance, University of Houston |
| Theodore M. Shaw |
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Director-Counsel & President, NAACP Legal Defense Fund |
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Panel 2: Reaction from Sectors/Perspectives
| George R. Boggs |
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President & CEO, American Association of Community Colleges |
| Nicholas M. Donofrio |
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Executive Vice President on Innovation & Technology, IBM |
| Jay Rosner |
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Executive Director, Princeton Review Foundation |
| Ronald D. Sugar |
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Chairman & CEO, Northrop Grumman Corp. |
| Charles Vest |
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President, National Academy of Engineering |
| DeWayne Wickham |
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Columnist, USA Today & Gannett News Service |
| Juan Williams |
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Senior Correspondent, NPR Morning Edition & Writer, Washington Post |
Panel 3: Case Studies of Adaptive University Programs
| Norman Abrams |
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Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA |
| Shirley M. Malcom |
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Head, Education and Human Resources Programs, AAAS |
| S. Gordon Moore, Jr. |
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Director & Managing Partner, OMD: Educational Services, Georgia Institute of
Technology |
| Iris PrettyPaint |
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Co-Director, Research Opportunities in Science for Native Americans, University
of Montana |
| Isiah Warner |
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Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives & Professor of Chemistry, Louisiana State
University |
Panel 4: Reports from Panel Rapporteurs & Plenary Discussion
| Cathleen Aubin Barton |
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US Education Manager, Intel Corporation |
| J. Bernard Machen |
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President, University of Florida |
| Byron N. McClenny |
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Department of Education Administration, College of Education, University of Texas,
Austin |
| James H. Stith |
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Vice President, Physics Resource Center, American Institute of Physics |
AAAS/NACME Staff
| Kamau Bobb |
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Consultant, Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity, AAAS |
| Daryl Chubin |
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Director, Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity, AAAS |
| John C. Eppolito |
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Vice President, Administration & CFO, NACME |
| Irving P. McPhail |
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Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, NACME |
| John Brooks Slaughter |
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President & CEO, NACME |
| Nicholas Tomasso |
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Director, Communications, NACME |
Presentations:
- “Undergraduate Models for Creating and Sustaining Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics,” Isiah Warner [PPT, 4.54MB)]
- “Affirmative Action in Higher Education After the Seattle and Louisville Decisions: Reexamining the Socioeconomic Alternative,” Richard Kahlenberg [PPT, 100KB]
- “Quantifying Unfairness in Admission Tests,” Jay Rosner [PPT, 161KB]
- “Research Opportunities in Science for Native Americans (ROSNA)," Iris PrettyPaint [PPT, 190KB]
- “Georgia Tech OMED: Educational Services," S. Gordon Moore, Jr. [PPT, 661KB]
Papers:
- “Increasing Minority Admissions in a Proposition 209 Environment — UCLA as a Case Study, Norman Abrams [DOC]
- “An Essay on Friends, Special Programs, and Pipelines,” Michael A. Olivas [DOC]
- Affirmative Action in Higher Education After the Seattle and Louisville Decisions: Reexamining the Socioeconomic Alternative,” Richard Kahlenberg [DOC]
- Guidance Paper by Daryl Chubin [DOC]
- Bibliography prepared by Daryl Chubin [DOC]
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