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JC Lewis, SK Cooper, SA Hovan… - AGU Fall Meeting …, 2017 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Workshop initial report: Expanding the geoscience pipeline by connecting educators with early career IODP scientists.

STEM and "broadening participation"

Hovan, Lewis

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The US is facing challenges in attracting, retaining and diversifying the workforce in the geosciences. A likely contributing factor is the homogeneity of the pool of mentors/role models available both within the workforce and in the US professoriate. Another probable factor is" exposure gaps" among US student populations; ie, differing access to engaging facets of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In response, we organized an 18-day School of Rock workshop onboard the International Ocean Discovery …

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