Careers in Andrology
  • Home
  • About
    • Diversity Committee
    • Trainee Affairs Committee
  • Diversity
    • What is "Diversity"?
    • Diversity Lectures
  • News
  • Interviews
    • Meet Our Members
    • Trainees

The Importance of Diversity in STEM

9/10/2014

 
On the Scientific American Blog, Kenneth (Kenny) Gibbs, Jr., PhD,  a Cancer Prevention Fellow at the NCI, published a commentary entitled: Diversity in STEM: What It Is and Why It Matters. In his post, he lists three features as to why diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is important:
  1. Diversity is critical to excellence
  2. Lack of diversity represents a loss of talent
  3. Enhancing diversity is key to long-term economic growth and global competitiveness
Dr. Gibbs asks a key question: "What is diversity?" He points out that "...diversity is a property of groups, not individuals" and  "an individual cannot be diverse, but groups of individuals (e.g., the scientific research workforce) can possess diversity." Thus, "when we consider scientific research as group problem-solving, instead of the unveiling of individual brilliance, diversity becomes key to excellence."

More Information

Comments are closed.

    News

    Check here regularly to learn about upcoming events, relevant comments, or updates to the website.

    Archives

    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    October 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    January 2015
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    April 2014
    October 2013
    August 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013

    Categories

    All
    Career
    Disabilities
    Disease
    Diversity
    Grant
    Grant Writing
    Health Disparities
    LGBT Issues
    Meetings
    Men's Health
    Minorities
    Network
    Oncology
    Reproduction
    Research
    Toxicology
    Training
    Webinar

    RSS Feed

ASA

Home
Annual Meeting
Membership
Employers
Job Seekers

OUR PROGRAMS

About Us
Interviews with Andrologists
News

SUPPORT

The site content is the sole responsibility of the American Society of Andrology.

©2019 The American Society of Andrology | ASA homepage: http://www.andrologysociety.org  | Careers in Andrology homepage: http://www.andrologycareers.org