Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit (2012)
Chapter: Appendix A: Summit Agenda
National Research Council
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 Institution for Science
Carnegie Academy for Science Education
Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape
December 15, 2011
Carnegie Institution for Science
1530 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
| 8:30 | Registration (breakfast available in meeting room) |
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| 9:00 | Welcome and Introductions |
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• Jay Labov, National Research Council |
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• Toby Horn, Carnegie Academy for Science Education |
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• Barbara Olds, National Science Foundation |
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• George Boggs, Chair of the Summit Steering Committee |
1Links to video archives and PowerPoint presentations for many of the speakers at this Summit are available at http://nas-sites.org/communitycollegessummit/tentative-topicsand-agenda/.
| 9:30 | Community College Opportunities and Challenges in STEM |
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• Jane Oates, U.S. Department of Labor |
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• Eric Bettinger, Stanford University |
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• Questions and General Discussion |
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| 10:30 | Break |
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| 10:45 | Key Issues in Realizing the Potential of Community Colleges |
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• Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Mount Holyoke—Outreach and Mentoring Programs |
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• Debra Bragg, University of Illinois—The Two-Year Mathematics Curriculum |
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• Alicia Dowd, University of Southern California—Transfer from Two-Year to Four-Year STEM |
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• Panel Discussion Among Paper Authors |
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• Questions and General Discussion |
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| 12:30-2:00 | Working Lunch: Focus on underrepresented minorities in STEM |
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| 1:00 | Keynote Address: Expanding Minority Participation in Undergraduate STEM |
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• Harvey Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine |
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• Freeman Hrabowski, Chair, Expanding Minority Participation:America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads |
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• General Discussion |
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| 2:00 | Introduction to Breakout Discussions |
| 2:15-3.00 | Breakout Discussions |
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• The Two-Year Mathematics Curriculum |
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• Outreach, Recruitment, and Mentoring in STEM |
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• Transfer from Two-Year to Four-Year STEM |
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• How does this issue (e.g., transfer) affect teacher quality in STEM? |
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• What are the next steps in this area to improve student pathways in STEM? |
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• What institutional, state, or federal policies are needed, including financial aid policies? |
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• What steps can you take now to improve student pathways? |
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• What further research is needed to guide policy and practice? |
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| 3:00 | Merging of Groups by Topic |
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| 3:15 | Break |
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| 3:30 | Reports from Breakout Groups—George Boggs |
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| 4:00 | Realizing the potential of community colleges in the evolving STEM education landscape: Next steps for practice, policy, and research |
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• Committee Members' Reflections |
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• Martha J. Kanter, Under Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education |
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• V. Celeste Carter, National Science Foundation |
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• General Discussion |
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| 5:00 | Adjourn |
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