Alliances for Graduate Education and the
Professoriate (AGEP) National Conference II

Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel - Washington, DC
December 10-11, 2009

AGENDA

Thursday, December 10
7:30 – 8:30 A.M. Morning Refreshments & Networking (Constitution A)
8:30 – 8:40 A.M. Welcome: Yolanda George, AAAS
8:40 – 8:50 A.M.

Meeting Overview: James Wyche, NSF
Introduction: William Eckberg, NSF

8:50 – 9:30 A.M.

Perspectives on Faculty Diversity: Research & Market Forces
Shirley Malcom, AAAS
2009-AGEP-Malcom.pdf
9:30 – 10:10 A.M.

AGEP National Evaluation Study Report
Carlos Rodriguez, AIR
2009-AGEP-Rodriquez.pdf
10:10 – 10:30 A.M.

AGEP Campus Climate Visitation Team Report
Robert Lichter, NSF HRD consultant
2009-AGEP-Lichter.pdf
10:30 – 10:45 A.M. Networking Break
10:45 – 11:00 A.M.

New HRD Undergraduate & Graduate Activities (Constitution A)
James Wyche & William Eckberg – (2009-AGEP-Wyche.pdf)

  • HSI;
  • Male Academic Enhancement;
  • JAM: Format Change; and
  • TSR
11:00 – 11:15 A.M.

Introduction to TSR: A national database & tracking of URM STEM
PhDs — Carlos Rodriguez & Jim Brown, AIR consultant
11:15 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

Introduction of TSR software system/live demo
Jim Brown & Excalibur
12:00 – 12:20 P.M.

AGEP Budget & Status Report
Al Wilson and Victor Santiago, NSF
12:20 – 1:30 P.M.

LUNCH & Discussion: (Constitution A)
STEM Faculty Hiring: Where Did All the URM PhDs Go?
Fitzgerald Bramwell, University of Kentucky
2009-AGEP-Bramwell.pdf
1:30 – 4:00 P.M.

Breakout Sessions: Recruitment, Training, Tracking, Retention &
Promotion (Constitution A, C, & D)

  1. Transitioning and monitoring URM PhDs to postdoctoral and junior faculty positions (Constitution C)
    Topics/Probes:
    Identify and describe elements of most successful approaches and rationale for strategies taken
  2. Strategies for CAREER program outreach and increasing participation for URM junior faculty (Constitution A)
    Topics/Probes:
    Discussion with NSF CAREER program officers and a CAREER awardee
    Moderator: Fitzgerald Bramwell
    Speakers:
  3. Challenges and Successes: Recruitment, Entry & Retention of URM scholars in the Professoriate (Constitution D)
    Topics/Probes:
    Identify 3-5 top challenges and current strategies used to
    Meet achieve goals; Identify & describe elements of successful approaches
4:00 – 5:00 P.M. Reports & Discussion from Various Break-Out Sessions
(Conference Theatre)
5:00 – 7:00 P.M. NETWORKING RECEPTION (Penn Quarter A&B)

Friday, December 11
7:00 – 8:00 A.M. Morning Refreshments & Networking (Constitution A)
8:00 – 9:00 A.M. AGEP II: An Enhanced Big ‘P’ Model
James Wyche and William Eckberg

  • AGEP STEM
  • AGEP SBE
  • New AGEP = integration w/SBE
  • Professoriate Transition Models

The Way Forward

  • Future solicitations; Budgets
  • All the sciences together
  • AGEP II Program Components
  • National Goals & Metrics
  • TSR Participants: Sloan, Gates, Ford, GEM, SREB,

NIH, NSF-AGEP, NSF-IGERT; NSF coordination
9:00 – 11:00 A.M.

Small Group Sessions – (Constitution C, D, & E)
(3-4 small groups will discuss same topic and report on their
discussions. There are two parts to each small group discussion.)

Part One: How should an Alliance work?

Topics/Probes:

  • What has not worked in building your Alliance?
  • What are the top 3-5 examples of Alliance success? And why?

Part Two: What is the added value of an alliance for enhancing
faculty diversity?

Topics/Probes:

  • Sources of challenges to implementing and sustaining STEM faculty diversity? Solutions?
  • Campus evidence that Alliance has enhanced faculty diversity?
  • If not, why? If so, how? What is the best way to leverage an Alliance to improve the campus climate?
11:00 A.M. –12:00 P.M. Report Back from Small Group Sessions – (Constitution A)
12:00 – 1:15 P.M.

LUNCH & Update on AAAS Project
Yolanda George & Richard Weibl, AAAS
Patricia Campbell and Tom Kibler, Campbell-Kibler, Inc.
1:15 – 2:00 P.M.

Closing Remarks: AAAS (Constitution A)
Our AGEP Commitment, Wanda Ward, NSF
2009-AGEP-Ward.pdf