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Geotimes July 2003 M. Ray Thomasson	Cooperating to Lead The American Geological Institute gathered geoscience leaders in Washington, D.C., to find new opportunities for alliance.
Geotimes September 2004 Rossbacher & Rhodes	Building Geology for the Future: Cui bono? Academic geology departments are under attack and have been for more than a decade. Now, Geology departments are facing increasing challenges to survive.
Geotimes July 2004 Christopher M. Keane	The Geosciences -- Profession or Discipline? The geosciences are potentially at a crossroads -- the field can either continue to be a profession or slowly evolve into a discipline.
Geotimes September 2003 O'Connell et al.	Connecting With the River In Hartford, Conn., an innovative program is teaching students from varied backgrounds about their local river ways. In the water and in the lab, they're getting excited about earth science.
Chemistry World August 15, 2013 Julia Higgins	Diversity: leading the way The Royal Society, funded by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, and in parallel with the Royal Academy of Engineering's diversity scheme, has set out a program to address diversity in science. For many of us, the word diversity raises the gender question.
Geotimes September 2003 White et al.	Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science San Francisco Bay Area teachers and students are connecting with their watersheds through SF-ROCKS, a program aimed at encouraging ethnic minority participation in the geosciences.
Geotimes October 2006 Margaret Anne Baker	Congress Weighs in on Geoscience Training Something must occur to help bridge this gap between potential geoscientific employees' interests and training, and actual job openings. Recent legislation would provide federal funds from outer continental shelf revenues to support these types of activities.
Financial Planning January 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	The Other Diversification Financial planners take steps to increase minority participation in the industry.
CIO December 1, 2005 Maria Klawe	Blue Skies Ahead for IT Jobs Contrary to popular belief, career opportunities in computer science are at an all-time high. We've got to spread that message among students from a rainbow of backgrounds, or risk becoming a technological backwater.
Geotimes June 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Geoscience Training in Full Force GeoFORCE, a new summer program designed to shape the next generation of earth scientists, allows students to apply classroom learning to the world around them.
Chemistry World August 22, 2013 Geri Richmond	Science unlimited Every country in the world is facing serious challenges that require a strong and innovative scientific workforce. Developing that robust workforce requires talented individuals from all segments of society, with a diversity of views and competencies, skills and insights.
Fast Company May 2015 J.J. McCorvey	Can Intel Solve Tech's Diversity Problem? Brian Krzanich said, "It's not just good enough to say we value diversity and then have our workplaces and our industry not reflect the full availability and talent pool of women and underrepresented minorities."
Industrial Physicist Feb/Mar 2003 Patrick Young	Industry/Academia Training physicists for industry: For physicists, jobs in industry outnumber those in academia. As a consequence, and frequently as a preference, those with bachelor's degrees often seek an alternative to the physics Ph.D., some in a different discipline.
Geotimes September 2004 Naomi Lubick	Broadening horizons for students Snee Hall is home to Cornell University's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Since broadening its subject base in 2002, the department has greatly increased its number of majors.
Job Journal January 4, 2009 Harriet Hankin	The Strength of Our Diversity Socially and economically, California's rich mix of cultural differences is as good as gold.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Our Diversity Problem Is there rampant discrimination on Wall Street or is it just a few bad apples giving the industry a bad name? Either way, the industry's efforts to hire -- and promote -- women and minorities have not produced impressive results.
Fast Company Lydia Dishman	Intel's Radically Transparent Analysis Of Its Diversity Initiatives Intel published a 15-page statistical analysis of the progress it has made since CEO Brian Krzanich announced a $300 million, five-year plan to bring the company's workforce to "full representation" by 2020.
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National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller	National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students.
Job Journal November 4, 2007 Rich Heintz	The State of Diversity Success with diversity requires effectiveness from all people in the organization.
Fast Company Christina Farr	Twitter Hires A New Diversity Chief From Apple Twitter has hired Apple's Jeffery Siminoff, a former vice president of diversity and inclusion, in a bid to meet its goals for a more diverse workforce.
CFO June 1, 2007 Alix Nyberg Stuart	Gap Analysis Why diversity programs work better for women than for minorities seeking careers in finance.
Geotimes July 2007 Cathryn Manduca	On the Cutting Edge of Teaching About Early Earth The recent "On the Cutting Edge" workshop brought together experts in early Earth research and undergraduate geoscience education. They developed a variety of ideas to incorporate into the teaching of this challenging subject.
IEEE Spectrum September 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd	The Biggest Career Choice Of All Is When to Start Grad school may cost you more than you think
HBS Working Knowledge September 27, 2004 David A. Thomas	IBM Finds Profit in Diversity Former CEO Lou Gerstner established a diversity initiative that embraced differences instead of ignoring them. In this Harvard Business Review excerpt, the author describes the key factors that made the initiative a success.
AFP eWire May 12, 2008	Mixed Results on Growth in Foundation Diversity A new report reveals that foundation diversity has increased significantly in some areas, including board and staff composition, but there continues to be problems in others, such as funding to diverse organizations.
Fast Company July 2000 Keith H. Hammonds	Difference Is Power Lots of companies talk a good game when it comes to the proposition that different is better. Ted Childs, IBM's vice president of global workforce diversity, walks that talk.
Geotimes May 2004 Naomi Lubick	Geology Cut in Missouri Southeast Missouri State University in Springfield cut its geosciences degree, along with its geography and sociology degrees, last fall because of budget issues.
Geotimes August 2003 Margaret Leinen	Geosciences and the Future of Environmental Research at NSF In the past, the geosciences community has mobilized to address questions associated with global change. This call for environmental-synthesis research shares many of the same characteristics and is certainly as long-term and as visionary.
Fast Company Lydia Dishman	Apple Releases New Diversity Numbers, Shows Incremental Improvement A new snapshot of Apple's diversity numbers makes clear that the global innovator still has work to do, despite improvements made to diversify its ranks.
Fast Company Catherine Ashcraft	10 Actionable Ways To Actually Increase Diversity In Tech In the last few months roughly 20 tech companies broke with traditional silences around data transparency, publicly releasing their diversity demographics.
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Carmen Wong Ulrich	What's Next for Diversity The face of financial planners is changing. As go the shifting demographics of this country, so goes financial planning.
Fast Company J.J. McCorvey	Intel Launches Investment Fund For Startups Led By Women And Minorities The Intel Capital Diversity Fund will invest $125 million over the next five years in businesses led by women and underrepresented minorities.
Geotimes February 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Terrain Flat for '08 Budget Here's a look at where and how the budget for geoscience programs will shift under the new presidential budget request, and what some of the agencies' leaders have to say about those changes.
U.S. Banker May 2010 Alan Kline	Human Resources: The Business Case For Diversity Royal Bank of Canada is proving that developing a multicultural workforce is not just good policy, it s good for the bottom line.
Chemistry World September 1, 2013 Bibiana Campos Seijo	Chemistry - The next generation What does the future hold for the chemists of tomorrow, those clutching new qualifications and those still coming through the ranks in school? Can chemistry attract a complete cross-section of society?
Geotimes May 2004 Rossbacher & Rhodes	The Department You Save May Be Your Own: Part II A past director of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), wrote an essay about how to destroy an academic department. Eight years later, a new article laments the fact that the advice is still needed.
Geotimes September 2004 Megan Sever	Undergrad Forums: It's All About the Process Student Publishing Prospects... Spotlight on Keck... Spotlight on Argonne... Campus Events... Bigger Fish...
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HBS Working Knowledge June 21, 2004 Martha Lagace	Racial Diversity Pays Off Diversity has been a buzzword in organizations for at least fifteen years. How much is really known about its effects on performance? Harvard professors Robin Ely and David Thomas investigate.
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Geotimes August 2007 Harvey Leifert	Say Hello to Your PIO A public information officer is a science writer who can explain the significance of what scientists have discovered in terms nonscientists can understand. Here's how they can help earth scientists.
IEEE Spectrum August 2012 Prachi Patel	The $10 000 College Degree A Texas university offers a low-cost bachelor's in IT. But what's it worth?
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AFP eWire June 9, 2015 Leah Eustace	Let's Start an Inclusion Revolution! Let's smash open our fundraising box and embrace diversity, equity and inclusion in philanthropy. What are the first concrete steps we can take to change the face of philanthropy in Canada?
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Geotimes July 2004 Naomi Lubick	Capitol Loss The only department offering graduate degrees in geology in the District of Columbia is closing its doors at the end of the academic year.
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