Where were going from here

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Where were going from here

• University of Washington Symposium on Diversity
  in the Sciences
• October 28, 2006
• Wendy Raymond, Ph.D.
• Williams College

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76 colleges and universities from 34 states have
attended one of the 3 symposia
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Where were going from here our collective
movement
Who Those institutions who participated in one
of our three symposia who will (1) collect and
submit annual data (2) report progress (or
lack thereof) and assessment of impacts emanating
from symposium participation
Where A follow-up conference at HHMI
When Fall 2007 (data TBA)
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Goal 1 Evaluate whether our hypothesis was
correct Did taking the show on the road lead
to improved access, retention, and success of URM
students in the life sciences?
Goal 2 Publish our findings, both numerical data
and qualitative impacts of these symposia
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http//www.williams.edu/biology/divsciences/
http//www.hhmi.org/resources/diversity/
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Data are from institutions that sent teams to the
November 2005 diversity-in-sciences symposium at
Harvard University (19 small colleges and 18
universities (13 private, 5 public) for the
2004-05 academic year.
Matthew Cunningham, PhD, University of Washington
David Brodigan, PhD, Consultant retired
Director of Institutional Research, Williams
College Carleton College
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If institutional mean 3.3, 80 2.6 90
3.0
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Conclusions We are losing students in our own
house, soon after they take Bio 101.
African American and Latina/o biology majors do
not achieve the same level of excellence as
their Asian and White peers.
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Early attention many students decide whether to
stay as early as the first midterm exam in
Bio 101. Pre-freshman summer program Peer
mentoring peer leadership Attention to social
aspects of thriving in college using available
resources talking with instructors Study group
participation Early research experiences,
beginning the summer following freshman
year Faculty mentoring a single sentence can
change a life
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