Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Workshop on the Recruitment and Retention of African American Male Students in
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
Hilton Atlanta Airport ¥ Atlanta, GA
Friday-Saturday, March 19-20, 2010
AGENDA
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AM
8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast Grand Promenade
9:00 Opening Session Grand D
Welcome, Introductions, Review of Purpose, Meeting Packet, and Agenda
Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network
9:30 Overview of Research Findings to Date (Data and Lessons Learned)
on STEM Participation and Achievement of African American Males
Panelists:
Terrell Strayhorn, Associate Professor of Higher Education
The University of Tennessee, and QEM Consultant
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Henry Frierson, Associate Vice President, Dean of the Graduate School,
and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Florida, and
QEM Consultant
Moderator: J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network
Group Discussion of Findings, Status, and Broadening Participation Challenges
10:45 Coffee Break
11:00 Effective Strategies and Best Practices in the Recruitment and Retention
of African American Males in STEM
Panelists:
Karl Reid, Senior Vice President for Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives
United Negro College Fund
Bryant Marks, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Morehouse College, and QEM Consultant
Edward Walton, Professor of Chemistry
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Moderator: Henry Frierson, University of Florida
Noon/PM
12:00 Teams Discuss their InstitutionsÕ Current Recruitment/Retention Strategies
12:30 Working Lunch (Buffet) Grand D
Continued Discussion of InstitutionsÕ Current Recruitment/Retention Strategies
Moderator: Costello Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network
1:30 Concurrent Sessions: Potential STEM Pathway Components
(See assignment sheet for working groups)
Each working group is to discuss the following topics:
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Current status and contributing factors in African American male educational
attainment/achievement
in STEM
- Best practices, strategies, and models for increasing STEM enrollment/participation
of African American males
- Recommendations for essential components of a pathway-focused replication model
Group I Facilitators: Terrell Strayhorn and Karl Reid Grand D
Group II Facilitators: Bryant Marks and Ivory Toldson Alatoona
Group III Facilitators: Henry Frierson and Costello Brown Chattooga
Group IV Facilitators: James Moore and Edward Walton Oconee
3:00 Break
3:15 Plenary Session: Grand D
A Closer Look at Critical Junctures Along the Educational Pathway
- Working groups report on recommendations regarding key strategies for
potential replication at critical junctures along the educational pathway
4:00 Group Discussion: Critical Factors in the Implementation of Initiatives to Address
African American MalesÕ Participation in Higher Education and STEM
Moderator: Terrell Strayhorn, University of Tennessee
4:45 Promoting College Aspirations Among School-Age Black American Males
Panelists:
Ivory Toldson, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, Howard University
Bryant Marks, Morehouse College
6:00 Dinner and STEM Panel Grand B
Barriers to the STEM Education of African American Males and What Can be Done
to Improve the Outcomes: Views from Students and Graduates
Panelists:
Travis Bolden, Research Assistant, QEM Network
Benjamin Greene, Junior, Morehouse College
Jai Smith-Avery, Project Assistant, QEM Network
Group Discussion: Views of STEM Students and Graduates
Moderator: James Moore III, The Ohio State University
Review of Assignment and Next DayÕs Agenda
7:30 Adjournment, Day One
Overnight Assignment: Institutional teams discuss potential changes/modifications to their approaches
to the recruitment and retention of African American males in STEM.
SATURDAY, MARCH 20
AM
8:30 Continental Breakfast Grand Promenade
9:00 Concurrent Sessions: Groups of Institutional Teams Meet to Discuss their
Programs/Ideas with QEM Consultants Based on the Overnight Assignment
Group I Facilitator: Terrell Strayhorn Grand D
Group II Facilitator: Bryant Marks Alatoona
Group III Facilitator: Henry Frierson Chattooga
Group IV Facilitator: James Moore Oconee
(Each session will have a note taker from QEMÕs staff)
10:00 Plenary Session: Grand D
Factors that Influence African American MalesÕ Decision to Major in STEM
Speaker: James L. Moore III, Associate Professor of Counselor Education and
Coordinator of School Counseling Program
College of Education and Human Ecology, and Director, Todd Anthony Bell
National Resource Center on the African American Male
The Ohio State University
Group Discussion: Key Influential Factors
11:00 Coffee Break
11:15 Plenary Session:
Potential Sources of Support: Federal and Private Foundations/Corporations
Caesar Jackson, Acting Division Director, Human Resource Development
Directorate for Education and Human Resources
National Science Foundation
Shirley McBay, QEM Network
Noon/PM
12:00 Working Lunch (Buffet) Grand D
Working Groups present Summary of Key Discussion Points and
Recommendations for Pathway Model
Closing Comments and Next Steps
1:30 Adjournment