First Steps Toward Improving DoD STEM Workforce Diversity Response to the 2012 Department of Defense STEM Diversity Summit

• Main Author: Lim, Nelson (auth)
• Other Authors: Haddad, Abigail (auth), Butler, Dwayne M. (auth), Giglio, Kate (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: Personnel & human resources management; Management & management techniques; Science: general issues; Manufacturing industries; Management & Organizational Behavior; General Science; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In November 2012, Department of Defense (DoD) leaders held a two-day summit on improving diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This report supports the efforts of the DoD STEM Diversity Summit by examining current STEM demographics, surveying curren...