#GeoGRExit: Why Geosciences Programs Are Dropping the GRE

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Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

Geoscience graduate programs are increasingly abandoning the controversial test as an admissions requirement, a welcome development for equity and inclusion in the field. How can your school be next?

Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

To GRE or not to GRE

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Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

A case for abandoning the GRE in the geosciences

Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

NSF INCLUDES

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Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) is a comprehensive effort to enhance U.S. leadership in science and engineering discovery and innovation by proactively seeking and effectively developing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent from all sectors and groups in our society.

Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

The Diversity–Innovation Paradox in Science

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Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

By analyzing data from nearly all US PhD recipients and their dissertations across three decades, this paper finds demographically underrepresented students innovate at higher rates than majority students, but their novel contributions are discounted and less likely to earn them academic positions. The discounting of minorities’ innovations may partly explain their underrepresentation in influential positions of academia.

Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

Gender-Heterogeneous Working Groups Produce Higher Quality Science

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Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

The first empirical evidence to support the hypothesis that a gender-heterogeneous problem-solving team generally produced journal articles perceived to be higher quality by peers than a team comprised of highly-performing individuals of the same gender.

Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

Groups of diverse problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers

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Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

Introduces a general framework for modeling functionally diverse problem-solving agents.

Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

Research team performance

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Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

A blog post about how we can improve the creativity and performance of research teams

Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

Codes of Conduct

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Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

A codes of conduct is a set of guidelines adopted by an organization to address which behaviors are expected and appropriate. All universities should have personal codes of conduct. This references introduces Codes of Conduct in general and gives instructions and samples for developing a Code of Conduct.

Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

Broadening Participation Committee

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Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.

This LTER page includes a description of the Broadening Participation Committee’s function, activities, and membership.

Chronicle of Higher education article with recommendations on centering accountability in DEI statements.