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The Board on Higher Education and Workforce convenes experts from the academic community, policymakers, and businesses to address the critical higher education and workforce issues facing the nation.

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Reimagining STEMM Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Career Development: A Summit

  • July 22 - 23, 2025
  • Summit
  • Past

A lack of action on long-standing issues coupled with recent societal disruptions has led to growing tensions and challenges between graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and the faculty and ins...

Workplace Barriers, Solutions, and Policies for STEM and STEM Education Professionals and Postsecondary Students with Disabilities - Meeting 1B

  • March 27, 2025
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Meeting
  • Past

This is the second part of the committee meeting for Workplace Barriers, Solutions, and Policies for STEM and STEM Education Professionals and Postsecondary Students with Disabilities.

Workplace Barriers, Solutions, and Policies for STEM and STEM Education Professionals and Postsecondary Students with Disabilities - Meeting 1A

  • March 21, 2025
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

This is the first committee meeting for the Workplace Barriers, Solutions, and Policies for STEM and STEM Education Professionals and Postsecondary Students with Disabilities.

Supporting Family Caregivers in STEMM: Graduate Student and Post-Doc Caregivers Webinar

  • October 29, 2024
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webcast
  • Past

Caregiving is a universal experience--whether providing care for children or aging relatives or receiving care when ailing, everyone at some point will be touched by caregiving. And yet, caregiving re...

Mentorship, Well-being, and Professional Development in Times of Societal Change and Institutional Disruptions: A Workshop

  • October 28 - 29, 2024
  • Workshop
  • Past

Critical supports and resources within the STEMM research ecosystem are shifting in reaction to rapid changes in institutional, regional, and national environments. In addition, decisions made by exte...

Is Collective Bargaining the Answer? New Approaches to Adjudication of Sexual Harassment Complaints in Recent Graduate Student Labor Agreements

  • October 15, 2024
  • 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (EDT)
  • Summit
  • Past

Karen Stubaus, National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions (presentation) Sarah Arveson, UAW 4811 (formerly UAW 5810), the Union of Postdoctoral Sch...

Board on Higher Education and Workforce Fall 2024 Board Meeting

  • October 11, 2024
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Meeting
  • Past

This is a convening of the Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW). The open session will be from 12:30 - 4:30 pm ET. Open Session description below: Reimagining the National Defense Education...

Perspectives from New Voices: Navigating Early-stage STEM Careers Across Sectors

  • September 25, 2024
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

The Board on Higher Education and Workforce will host an open session featuring members of the New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine program, which engages mid-career scientists, engineers...

Current STEM Labor Movements: Upstream Consequences for Industry and Innovation

  • September 16, 2024
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

To capitalize on the importance and critical role of private and industrial partners in this discussion, a conversation series will be convened as a partnership between GUIRR and the National Academy...

Perspectives from New Voices: Promoting Professional Development for Graduate Students in a Changing Paradigm

  • September 11, 2024
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

The Board on Higher Education and Workforce will host an open session featuring members of the New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine program, which engages mid-career scientists, engineers...

The Role of Independent Research Institutes in Supporting and Developing Postsecondary and Post-graduate Education

  • August 29, 2024
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

The Board on Higher Education and Workforce will host an open session on Thursday, August 29, 2024, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET featuring representatives from three Independent Research Institutes (IRIs) acr...

International Talent Programs in the Changing Global Environment: Public Release Launch

  • August 29, 2024
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

The public release of the International Talent Programs in the Changing Global Environment consensus study report was held on August 29, 2024, 3:00-4:00 PM ET. The report reviews foreign and domestic...

Future STEM Workforce Skills, Gaps, and Staffing Demand Reflecting New Student Dynamics

  • August 12, 2024
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

To capitalize on the importance and critical role of private and industrial partners in this discussion, a conversation series will be convened as a partnership between GUIRR and the National Academy...

Board on Higher Education and Workforce Summer 2024 Board Meeting

  • July 26, 2024
  • 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

This was the Summer 2024 Board Meeting. It was an closed session for Board members and staff only.

Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise (Public Release Report Briefing)

  • July 23, 2024
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
  • Meeting
  • Past

The Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise committee will hold an open meeting to brief the public on their Report.
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