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All rights reserved. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads COMMITTEE ON UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND THE EXPANSION OF THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WORKFORCE PIPELINE Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, Chair, President, University of Maryland Baltimore County James H. Ammons, President, Florida A&M University Sandra Begay-Campbell, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories Beatriz Chu Clewell, Principal Research Associate, The Urban Institute Nancy S. Grasmick, State Superintendent of Schools, Maryland State Department of Education Carlos G. Gutierrez, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University-Los Angeles Evelynn M. Hammonds, Dean of Harvard College and Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University Wesley L. Harris (NAE), Associate Provost for Faculty Equity and Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sylvia Hurtado, Professor and Director, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles James S. Jackson (IOM), Director, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan Shirley Mathis McBay, President, Quality Education for Minorities Network Diana Natalicio, President, University of Texas El Paso John C. Nemeth, Vice President, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Eduardo J. Padrón, President, Miami Dade College Willie Pearson, Professor of Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology Sidney A. Ribeau, President, Howard University John Brooks Slaughter (NAE), President and CEO, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Richard Tapia (NAE), University Professor, Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering, Director of the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education, and Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Rice University Lydia Villa-Komaroff, President and CEO, Cytonome, Inc. Linda Sue Warner, President, Haskell Indian Nations University v Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads Staff Peter H. Henderson, Co-Study Director Earnestine Psalmonds, Co-Study Director* Neeraj P. Gorkhaly, Research Associate *Earnestine Psalmonds is a visiting scholar from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This work was supported by the NSF, but findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. vi Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND PUBLIC POLICY George Whitesides (Chair), Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, Harvard University William Brody, President, Johns Hopkins University Claude R. Canizares, Vice President for Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ralph J. Cicerone (Ex officio), President, National Academy of Sciences Edward F. Crawley, Executive Director, CMI and Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ruth A. David, President and Chief Executive Officer, ANSER (Analytic Services, Inc.) Haile T. Debas, Executive Director, University of California