| 项目编号: | 1444641
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| 项目名称: | A workshop to implement GeoLEAD: A multi-stakeholder initiative to increase the size and diversity of the Earth and space science talent pool |
| 作者: | Pranoti Asher
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| 承担单位: | American Geophysical Union
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| 批准年: | 2013
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| 开始日期: | 2014-09-15
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| 结束日期: | 2016-09-30
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| 资助金额: | USD69000
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| 资助来源: | US-NSF
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| 项目类别: | Standard Grant
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| 国家: | US
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Geosciences - Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research
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| 英文关键词: | geolead
; geoscience
; diversity
; geoscience workforce
; geolead portal
; geoscience learning
; geoscience community
; geolead initiative
; undergraduate student
; 2-day workshop
; diversity shortfall
; space science
; implementation planning workshop
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| 英文摘要: | The GeoLEAD (Geoscience Learning, Engagement And Development) initiative is an effort to bring together multiple resources to engage, retain, and prepare two- and four-year college undergraduate students for the geoscience workforce. Members of the geoscience workforce are involved in nearly all aspects of human society, whether it be in developing and managing natural resources, preparing for natural hazards, or planning for infrastructure development. As noted in several high level reports, there is a need to increase the number and diversity of students studying the STEM fields, but in the geosciences community that need is growing at an alarming rate due to the impending wave of retirements of senior scientists in government and industry. Community colleges offer an important opportunity for recruitment of new geoscientists, both because of their diversity and their growing significance as the venue where undergraduate students are exposed to the introductory STEM curriculum. Reducing attrition of students in the undergraduate pipeline by overcoming some of the known barriers and issues can go a long way toward solving the workforce and diversity shortfall of the future. As such, the goals of the GeoLEAD initiative are critically important to the Nation's future economic well-being and community resilience.
The specific goal of GeoLEAD is to leverage a collaboration among a variety of institutions and stakholders (e.g., academic institutions, professional societies, private sector employers) to co-develop a centralized portal for delivering an integrated, multi-dimensional set of resources for undergraduate students in the Earth and space sciences. This award is funding a professionally facilitated, implementation planning workshop in which the long-term framework of the GeoLEAD portal and detailed contributions of individual partners will be fleshed out. The 2-day workshop, being held in Washington, DC in April 2015, represents the culmination of community planning discussions regarding collaboration on undergraduate education and retention that have been underway since Fall 2013. When fully implemented, the GeoLEAD portal will provide a valuable one-stop-shopping venue for finding information about individual programs in the geosciences, including opportunities for scholarship/fellowship opportunites, research experiences, and career planning guidance. The portal also will offer bundled resources that together can provide individual students with customized end-to-end support as they transition from early engagement in the geosciences to preparation for a career. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/95469
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候减缓与适应
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Pranoti Asher. A workshop to implement GeoLEAD: A multi-stakeholder initiative to increase the size and diversity of the Earth and space science talent pool. 2013-01-01.
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