Research Catalog

Title

First steps toward improving DoD STEM workforce diversity : response to the 2012 Department of Defense Stem Diversity Summit / Nelson Lim, Abigail Haddad, Dwayne M. Butler, Kate Giglio.

Author

Lim, Nelson.

Publication

Santa Monica, California : Rand Corp, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Haddad, Abigail
• Butler, Dwayne M.
• Giglio, Kate
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body.
• Rand Corporation publisher.
• Rand Corporation, issuing body.
• United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, sponsoring body.

Description

xxvi, 110 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

In FY 2011{u2013}2012, leaders from the Executive Branch and the Department of Defense (DoD) offered directives and guidance intended to increase diversity across all federal agencies. In response, the DoD Research and Engineering Enterprise and DoD{u2019}s Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity held a two-day summit in November 2012 on improving diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This report supports the efforts of the DoD STEM Diversity Summit by providing suggestions for future research, analysis, and action. The authors describe policies that discuss the federal government{u2019}s values and priorities regarding diversity in the federal workforce; offer a closer look at current STEM demographics, including those of the DoD{u2019}s STEM workforce; discuss current STEM-diversity outreach programs, highlighting the types of data that should be collected in the future; and offer recommendations for DoD leaders to consider as they move forward with their efforts to diversify the STEM workforce.

Alternative Title

• First steps toward improving Department of Defense science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce diversity
• Response to the 2012 Department of Defense STEM Diversity Summit

Subject

• United States. Department of Defense > Personnel management
• Diversity in the workplace > United States
• Professional employees in government > Recruiting > United States
• Scientists > Recruiting > United States
• Engineers > Recruiting > United States
• Technical education > Economic aspects > United States
• United States > Vocational guidance

Note

• "RR-329-OSD."--Back cover

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110)

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Review of Policies and Strategies Aiming to Align DoD STEM and Diversity Goals with National Priorities -- Demographic Trends and the DoD STEM Workforce -- Current DoD STEM Initiatives -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Summit Agenda -- Appendix B: Summit Notes -- Appendix C: 2012 DoD STEM Diversity Summit Presentations.

ISBN

• 9780833081018 (paperback)
• 0833081012 (paperback)

OCLC

• 862787458
• SCSB-10018147

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