Open-Door Policy

Autor/in	Forde, Dana
Titel	Open-Door Policy
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 27 (2010) 11, S.10-11 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	Conferences (Gatherings); Biological Sciences; Scientists; American Indians; Minority Groups; Outreach Programs; Disproportionate Representation; African Americans; Hispanic Americans + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abwasserbiologie; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; American Indian; Indianer; Ethnische Minderheit; Jobcoaching; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner
Abstract	According to a 2006 National Science Foundation study, African-Americans, Hispanics and American Indians make up only 2.65 percent, 3.53 percent, and 0.59 percent, respectively, of life sciences academics at four-year institutions. The lack of biologists and other scientists from these ethnic groups is a threat to America's public health and national economy. This article features the Keystone Symposia in Molecular and Cellular Biology, a non-profit organization that works to ensure more minority scientists can access career-advancing life sciences research and networking opportunities. Based in Colorado, the Keystone Symposia sees itself as "a catalyst for advancement of biomedical and life sciences by connecting scientists within and across disciplines at conferences and workshops." The goal is to create a scholarly, yet informal, social environment conducive to information exchange, generation of new ideas and acceleration of applications that benefit society. For more than three decades, Keystone has organized on average 55 international scientific conferences per year on subjects ranging from cancer and infectious diseases to genomics and biochemistry. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10