Social, Behavioral and Economic Scientists: The Next Generation

1. Social, Behavioral and Economic Scientists:The Next Generation Dr. Wanda E. Ward Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBES) AlliancesNational Conference “Broadening Participation in the Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences” The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC April 27, 2006

2. To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes. National Science Foundation Act of 1950 NSF Mission

3. NSF Strategic Goals • PEOPLE: A diverse, globally-engaged workforce of scientists, engineers and well-prepared citizens. • IDEAS: Discovery across frontiers, connected to learning, innovation and service to society. • TOOLS: Accessible, state-o-the-art science information bases and shared tools.

4. NSF Goals in Supporting the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences • Increase fundamental understanding of human behavior and society by supporting basic research, infrastructure, and education in the SBE sciences • Provide societal relevance by providing information on critical national problems such as terrorism, business failures, global workforce, America’s educational system, and the implication of large-scale transformational changes for ethnic and cultural diversity and equality

5. Cross-Disciplinary Programs Decision, Risk & Management Science Economics Innovation and Organizational Change Law and Social Sciences Political Science Sociology Societal Dimensions of Engineering Science and Technology Methodology, Measurement & Statistics Science & Technology Studies Archaeology Cultural Anthropology Physical Anthropology Geography & Regional Sciences Perception, Action and Cognition Linguistics Developmental and Learning Sciences Social Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience (Environmental Social and Behavioral Sciences) Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Social, Behavioral and Economic SciencesResearch Programs Division of Social & Economic Sciences (SES) Division of Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences (BCS)

6. “No century in recorded history has experienced so many social transformations and such radical ones as the twentieth century…In the developed free-market countries – which contain less than a fifth of the earth’s population but are a model for the rest – work and work force, society and polity, are all, in the last decade of this century, qualitatively and quantitatively different not only from what they were in the first years of this century but also from what has existed at any other time in history: in their configurations, in their processes, in their problems, and in their structures…The emerging society, the one that is based on knowledge and knowledge workers...is far more than a social change…it is a change in the human condition…Knowledge workers will give the emerging knowledge society its character, its leadership, its social profile.” The Age of Social Transformation, Drucker, Peter (1994), Atlantic Monthly. Characteristics of the 21st Century

7. Information Explosion Diverse Workforce Cognitive Revolution Transformations Continuous Innovations Infrastructure Renewal Career/Life-Long Learning Demographic Shifts Environmental Sustainabil. Finite Resources Characteristics of the 21st Century • International Partnerships • Global Economy

8. Intellectual Capital Context: Human resource development is one of the most critical challenges and opportunities before us today. Greater awareness that: • People provide the competitive advantage • Intellectual capital is essential • Intellectual capital is optimum when derived from diversity of intellect

9. People: The Next Generation

10. Representation of Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, and Women in 2003 *U.S. citizens and permanent residents. SOURCE: NCES, IPEDS Completions Survey; NSF/SRS, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, and Survey of Earned Doctorates.

11. Representation of Minorities in Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences - 2001 Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Social and Economic Sciences Note: Includes Psychology, Archeology, Anthropology, Geography, Linguistics, Social Psychology. Note: Includes Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Area Studies, Other Social Sciences. Sources: NCES, IPEDS Completions Survey, NSF/SRS, Survey of Earned Doctorates, NSF/SRS Survey of Doctorate Recipients.

12. Representation of Minorities in Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences - 2003 NOTES: Faculty includes full, associate and assistant professors plus instructors. Includes Native Americans. Excludes medical sciences. Percentages rounded because of small sample sizes. Life sciences include biological and agricultural sciences. SOURCE: NSF/SRS, Survey of Doctorate Recipients.

13. Producing The Next Generation: SBES – AGEP A Learning System A Learning Community

14. Key Strategies • Identification of key opportunities for top producing institutions of SBE degree recipients; • Promotion of feeder linkages between liberal arts and research-intensive top producers, including minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and predominantly white institutions (PWIs); • Promotion of alliances and consortial arrangements across the educational continuum (bridge→undergraduate→graduate→career);

15. Key Strategies (cont.) • Forging substantive linkages with NSF focused programs (e.g., Louis Stokes Alliances of Minority Participation [LSAMP], Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate [AGEP], Historically Black Colleges and Universities [HBCU] Program, and Tribal Colleges and Universities Program [TCUP]); and • Identification of a community of key NSF, flagship research and education opportunities; priority areas; centers programs; and international opportunities. These include: • Priority areas (Human and Social Dynamics [HSD], Biocomplexity in the Environment [BE], Nanoscience and Engineering [NSE], & Mathematics • Integration of Research & Education Activities (i.e., CAREER, IGERT, REU, ADVANCE); Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

16. Additional Opportunities International SLC Cyber-Enabled STC Cyber-Enabling

17. NSF Investments in Broadening Participation: Guiding Principles • Capitalize on strategic, programmatic investments with a proven track record of developing the potential of those underrepresented in the S&E workforce, i.e., minorities, women, and persons with disabilities • Premise program designs on research findings bearing on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning • Debunk existing myths of no underrepresentation problem in the SBE sciences

18. Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences FY 2005-2006 SBE Investments to Broaden Participation • Regional Social/Behavioral Science (RSBS) Consortia with Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Projects • Enhanced SBE Activity to Integrate Research and Education – Comprehensive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (C-REU)

19. Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences FY 2005-2006 SBE Investments: Comprehensive Research Experiences for Undergraduates(C-REU) • Research methods and training experience • Expanded research experiences • Networking, socialization experiences • Follow-on opportunities

20. Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Comprehensive Research Experiences for Undergraduates(C-REU):FY 2005 Pilots Disciplinary areas  Economics (Becker) SBE Contact: Dan Newlon, dnewlon@nsf.gov  Political Science (McClain) SBE Contact: Brian Humes, bhumes@nsf.gov  Psychology: Neural and Behavioral Sciences (Shuster) SBE Contact: jperhoni@nsf.gov  Geography, Environmental Sciences (Yarnal) SBE Contact: jperhoni@nsf.gov

21. Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences FY 2005-2006 SBE Investments: RSBS-AGEP Consortia • Strategy: Enable Top 25 institutional producers of underrepresented minority Ph.D.s in SBE sciences through collaborations with AGEP projects • Identify existing SBES-AGEP projects • Fill gaps in SBE scientific representation in AGEP projects • Establish Cross-Regional/National Network  Monitoring/Evaluation Component SBE Contact: Patricia White, pwhite@nsf.gov

22. City University of New York (CUNY) Howard University Michigan State University Northwestern University Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University Temple University Texas A&M University Stanford University University of California at Berkeley University of California at Los Angeles University of California at Santa Barbara University of Chicago University of Florida University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland at College Park University of Miami University of Michigan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Southern California University of Wisconsin University of Texas at Austin Wayne State University SBE-AGEP Participating Institutions

23. The University of California Diversity Initiative for Graduate Study in the Social Sciences University of California at Berkeley – LeadUniversity of California at Los Angeles &University of California at Santa Barbara • PROGRAMS • Faculty Mentored Research Traineeship • Research and Travel stipends • Professional Development Workshops & Seminars • Tutoring & Summer Research Opportunities • Conference support & Fellowships • Orientation workshops • Activities around community-building • RESULTS • Hired Graduate Diversity Coordinators on all three campuses • Formal alliance established between UCB and Fisk, Morehouse, and Spelman including domestic exchange and summer research programs. • 32 participants on UCB campus alone, 30 participants from UCLA.

24. Atlantic Coast Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Alliance University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – LeadHoward University, University of Florida, University of Maryland at College Park & University of Miami • GOALS • Recruit and prepare undergraduates to pursue the PhD degree • Assist students in the transition from BS to PhD programs • Retain graduate students to complete the PhD • Prepare future faculty for success • ACTIVITIES • SBE Student Participation in Preparing Future Faculty at Howard University • One-week course — Introduction to Data Analysis for the Social Sciences conducted by the ODUM Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Videoconference short courses by the ODUM Institute. • Support for student attendance at professional conferences • Coordination and collaboration for recruiting, mentoring, and graduating students in SBE programs. COLLABORATING AGEPs - Southeast AGEP & North Carolina-OPT-ED AGEP

25. Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) in the Social, Behavioral & Economic (SBE) Sciences University of Texas at Austin – LeadUniversity of Southern California, Stanford University, Texas A&M University GOALS/ACTIVITIES • Recruitment • Recruit cohorts of under-representative students at each alliance institution • Establish Diversity Coordinators on each campus • Build partnerships with minority-serving institutions (Prairie View A&M, Texas A&M International, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, University of Texas-El Paso, University of Texas at Pan American, University of Texas-San Antonio, University of Houston & California State University campuses) • Tie into existing REU Sites at University of Texas-Austin and Texas A&M • Retention and Career Development • Summer Fellowships between Years One & Two • Seminar Series for writing, career development or Summer dissertation workshops • Rotating annual Graduate Research Conference

26. City University of New York (CUNY) – LeadMichigan State University, University of MichiganWayne State University CUNY/Michigan Alliance • GOALS • Increase Participation in Summer Research Programs • Expand Recruitment and Research Opportunities • Develop Relationships with Minority-serving Institutions • Provide Across Alliance Student Mentoring and Mentoring for Faculty • Coordinate Skill-building Workshops for Graduate Study Success • Expand Student Support Groups • Enhance Fellowship Support • Increase Teaching Opportunities & Expand Teacher Training Workshops • Support Student Attendance at Professional Meetings • Expand Postdoctoral and Early Career Education • RESULTS/ACTIVITIES • Cohort 1 Scholars Identified at CUNY • CUNY Conference in Science and Engineering, February 2006 • Science Conference – Michigan State University, February 2006 COLLABORATING AGEPs -MAGNET/STEM AGEP & Michigan AGEP

27. Northwestern AGEP for SBE Northwestern University - LeadOhio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin • GOALS • Increase the enrollment, retention, and successful graduation of under-represented minority students in the graduate programs • Create institutional change focused on improving graduate program diversity in the SBE sciences on each of our campuses. • Create network of universities in the southwest region of the United States to share best practices in this area across campuses. • PLANNED ACTIVITIES • Hire a Ph.D.-level Diversity Director • Collaborate and share best practices across the four campuses • Work with admissions committees in key departments on each campus to more effectively examine minority student applications • Attend key recruiting fairs, such as the California Diversity Forum, as a coordinated multi-campus effort • Establish better working relationships with feeder campuses • Host a regular 4-campus conference & professional workshops for EDGE-SBE Fellows to provide a network of fellows across campuses COLLABORATING AGEPs –Midwest AGEP Alliance & Northeast AGEP Alliance

28. Northwestern CUNY-MI UC-DIGGS AC SBES EDGE SBES – AGEPLearning Community Cyber-enabled Global Institutes on Racial /Ethnic Studies; Social Sciences Feeder Linkages

29. Northwestern CUNY-MI UC-DIGGS AC SBES EDGE SBES – AGEPLearning Community A Generation Of S&E LEADERS