National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Institute of Medicine
National Research Council

The National Academy of Sciences

  

Teacher Advisory Council, Board on Science Education

 

Board on Higher Education and the Workforce, and Board on Life Sciences

  

The National Academy of Engineering Program Office

 

Carnegie Academy for Science Education-Carnegie Institution for Science

  

December 15, 2011

Washington, DC
        

Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape

   

9:00 - Welcome and Introductions

Jay Labov - National Research Council

Toby Horn - Carnegie Academy for Science Education

Barbara Olds - National Science Foundation

George Boggs - Chair of the Summit Steering Committee

 

 

9:30 - Community Colleges’ Role in Meeting National STEM needs

Jane Oates - Department of Labor
The need for a robust, diverse STEM workforce

The potential of community colleges to meet this need

Eric Bettinger - Stanford University

Barriers on the 2-year STEM pathway

Student Perspective on STEM pathways (video)

Questions and General discussion

 

 

10:45 - Key Issues in Realizing the Potential of Community Colleges

Becky Wai-Ling Packard - Mount Holyoke-Outreach

Recruitment, and Mentoring in STEM

Debra Bragg - University of Illinois

The 2-year Math Curriculum
Alicia Dowd - University of Southern California

Transfer from 2-year to 4-year STEM

 

Panel Discussion among Paper Authors

 

Questions and General Discussion

 

12:30 - 2:00 - Working Lunch

 

Focus on underrepresented minorities in STEM

 

1:00 - Keynote Address

  Expanding Minority Participation in Undergraduate STEM

  

Harvey Fineberg - President, Institute of Medicine

Freeman Hrabowski - Chair, Expanding Minority Participation
 America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads

 

General Discussion

 

 

2:00 - Introduction to Breakout Discussions

 

George Boggs

 

 

2:15 - 3:00 - Breakout discussions

 

The 2-year Math Curriculum (2 groups)

Outreach, Recruitment, and Mentoring in STEM (2 groups)

Transfer from 2-year to 4-year STEM (2 groups)

 

Discussion Questions


How does this issue (e.g., transfer) affect teacher quality in STEM?

What are the next steps in this area to improve student pathways in STEM?

What institutional, state, or federal policies are needed, including financial aid policies?

What steps can you take now to improve student pathways?

What further research is needed to guide policy and practice?

 

3:30 - Reports from Breakout Groups

George Boggs

 

 

4:00 - Realizing the potential of community colleges in the evolving STEM education landscape:

Next steps for practice, policy, and research

Martha J. kanter - U.S. Department of Education

V. Celeste Carter - National Science Foundation

Committee members’ reflections

General discussion