Report:
Conference Proceedings

Expanding Opportunities in Ocean Sciences

A Conference to Strengthen the Links Between
HBMSCU Undergraduates and Oceanic Graduate Studies

September 11 & 12, 1995
Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia

June 1996

Dedication

In memory of
Ronald H. Brown
Secretary of the Department of Commerce
(1993 - 1996)

Table of Contents

Foreword, Preface, and Acknowledgements

I. Conference Planning

II. Overview of the Conference Program

III. Welcome: Dr. William R. Harvey, President, Hampton University

IV. Charge: Dr. Nancy Foster, Deputy Administrator, NMFS

V. Panels

• A. Panel 1: Minorities at Work in Ocean Sciences
  
• B. Panel 2: Minority Student Matriculation: The Faculty View
  
• C. Panel 3: The Student Perspective: View from "The Bridge"
  

VI. Working Groups

• A. Working Group 1: Recruitment
  
• B. Working Group 2: Student/Faculty Relationships
  
• C. Working Group 3: Bridging
  
• D. Working Group 4: Faculty/Faculty Relationships
  
• E. Working Group 5: Retention
  
• F. Federal Partnership Work Group
  

VII. Recommendations

• To the NOAA/NMFS
  
• To Federal Agencies
  
• To the Private/Business Sector
  
• To Majority Institutions
  
• To Minority Institutions
  
• To the Students
  

VIII Conference Reactions: The Need for Further Discussion

IX. Appendices

Part 1

• A. Steering Committee Roster
  
• B. Conference Participants
  
• C. Program Guide
  
• D. Work Group Assignments
  
• E. Evaluations
  
• F. Bridge Program and Computer Database Information
  

Part 2

• G. A List of Historically Black and Minority Serving Colleges and Universities
  
  • a. Historically Black Institutions
    
  • b. Members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium
    
  • c. Southeast Asian Studies/Programs and Resource Centers at Colleges and Universities
    
  • d. Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
    
  • e. Colleges for Women Only
    
• H. Members of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Incorporated (JOI)
  

Part 3

• I. Members of the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE)
  
• J. Members of the National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML)
  
• K. A Bibliography: Further Suggested Readings
  
• L. Notes and Statistical Tables
  
• M. Glossary of Acronyms

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