Minorities in the Chemical Workforce

Chemical Sciences Roundtable, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Diversity: Why Is It Important and How Can It Be Achieved?; 4 2 Preparing College Students for a Diverse Democracy; 5 3 An HBCU Perspective; 6 4 Reports from the Breakout Sessions; 7 5 The Meyerhoff Undergraduate Scholars Program; 8 6 The Imperative for Leaders and Organizations; 9 7 Beating the Odds: Preparing Minorities for Research Careers in the Chemical Sciences; 10 8 Reports from the Breakout Sessions; 11 9 Diversity in the Industrial R&D Workforce: Challenges and Strategies; 12 10 Recruiting and Advancing Minority Scientists: Doing It Right; 13 11 General Discussion; 14 Closing Remarks; 15 Appendix A: Workshop Participants; 16 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers; 17 Appendix C: Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable