<div dir="ltr"><div>On Trellis (AAAS Community Exchange -- worth signing up for, if you aren't already), the NSF INCLUDES Open Forum is posting a thoughtful series of essays on diversity ins science, building off some of the classic texts. </div><div><br></div><div>It might be a discussion that some in the committee would like to join. </div><div><br></div><div>Marty</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">NSF INCLUDES Open Forum</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:no-reply@trelliscience.com">no-reply@trelliscience.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:49 AM<br>Subject: Allison Clark started a discussion: "Reflecting On Our Roots: A Compelling National Interes..."<br>To: <a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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Allison Clark has created a new discussion "Reflecting On Our Roots: A Compelling National Interest ".
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<p style="margin-bottom:0rem;font-size:16px;color:#231f20;padding-top:4px">We are sharing some of the historical context that led to the NSF INCLUDES program. Each week, we’re posting a new discussion with an excerpt from a short essay outlining a key event in the history of the broadening participation field. The essays, which are downloadable if you prefer your own copy, can be found in the group library in the <a style="color:#008080;text-decoration:none" href="https://www.trelliscience.com/#/group-library/1813/1319" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Reflecting On Our Roots</a> folder.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0rem;font-size:16px;color:#231f20;padding-top:4px"><strong>In the tenth in our series, A Compelling National Interest, Shirley Malcom reflects on the case for science and diversity:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p style="margin-bottom:0rem;font-size:16px;color:#231f20;padding-top:4px"><em>In 1995 a Supreme Court ruling coupled with evolving governmental legislation and policies, began to destabilize and unravel efforts previously undertaken to promote diversity, equal opportunity, and inclusion throughout institutions funded by the federal government.</em></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p style="margin-bottom:0rem;font-size:16px;color:#231f20;padding-top:4px"><em> In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc v. Peña [515 U.S. 200 (1995)], President Clinton requested a review of federally sponsored agencies and programs that had race- and gender-conscious provisions. The Court’s decision had held that federal and state governments must satisfy the strictest court standards whenever race is a factor in conferring benefits; they must demonstrate a compelling interest and need to consider race in order to warrant set-aside contract programs, and by extension other “targeted efforts” beyond contracting.</em></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p style="margin-bottom:0rem;font-size:16px;color:#231f20;padding-top:4px"><em> <strong>The Court’s decision, coupled with new legislation, brought an end to federally sponsored activities that relied on what was then termed as “preferential treatment” or used “group-sensitive” policies and practices. The programs that had been put in place to open opportunities in STEM to women and underserved minorities were also lost. </strong></em></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p style="margin-bottom:0rem;font-size:16px;color:#231f20;padding-top:4px">As I stated in the March 1996 <em>Science</em> article, “Science and Diversity: A Compelling National Interest, “like it or not, these communities have been drawn into this debate.” And “in the spirit of rational debate, we need to examine the social history that brought about the laws and regulations that are now under scrutiny and attack…”</p></blockquote>
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<li><strong><em>How are you framing this “compelling case” for both diversity and equity, inclusion, opportunity within your institution, industry, school? </em></strong></li>
<li><strong><em>Are there new cases to be made?</em></strong></li>
<li><strong><em>Were the programs established to remedy the current effects of past discrimination (a compelling interest)? </em></strong></li>
<li><strong><em>Was the evidence of that and the inadequacy of neutral strategies that did not consider race considered to be compelling? Or were there other compelling arguments, backed with evidence, that could justify so-called “carve out” programs?</em></strong></li>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0rem;font-size:16px;color:#231f20;padding-top:4px"><strong><em>You can read and download a copy of the essay: </em></strong><span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span class="m_7525251209973225815rteIntLinkClass m_7525251209973225815mceNonEditable m_7525251209973225815add-links m_7525251209973225815Icon-Generic-Document"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#008080;display:inline-block;font-style:italic" href="https://www.trelliscience.com/#/document-detail/91c810fd-43f0-11e8-9f39-06e1b31daef4/1813/1813" target="_blank">Reflecting On Our Roots _ Ten.Compelling National Interest.pdf
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