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Committee on Education and Human Resources
2008–2010 term
Chair
Roberta Johnson, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado
Council Representative
Laurie Leshin, NASA, GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
Members
Angelo Camerlenghi, ICREA-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Nisia Krusche, Fundacao University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande Rs, Brazil
Michael Mayhew, Synoptic LLC, Ocean City, Maryland
Mike Passow, Dwight Morrow High School, Englewood, New Jersey
Christy Till, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ben-Jei Tsuang, Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Quinton Williams, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
Staff Liaison
Inés Cifuentes
Committee Charge
The Committee on Education and Human Resources is responsible for guiding AGU's efforts to promote scientific literacy worldwide and to support the growth of a diverse group of excellent Earth and space scientists to meet the needs of society. The Committee should consider as its purview science education at all levels— pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate students, established professionals in science and engineering, and the general public. In the area of human resources, the Committee should be looking for ways to attract the best students into the Earth and space sciences and retain their interests.
The Committee should seek out and develop within established budgets those education and human resource programs that 1) fall within AGU's sphere of knowledge and expertise; 2) do not duplicate or compete with existing programs but rather enhance them as appropriate; 3) are within AGU's ability to conduct and, if necessary, sustain; and 4) have optimum impact for the resources available. To this end, the Committee should continue to seek ways to liaise and cooperate with other scientific societies and organizations that share AGUs goals and values and are interested in collaboration that contributes to the achievement of our common objectives.
Recently, members have been able to enroll in the Education Special Interest Group. This provides the Committee with an additional resource for achieving its goals and for building further support. The Committee has also established a student advisory group to provide input and constructive criticism. If needed, the Committee can establish working groups for specific tasks.
Specific areas for attention of CEHR during the 2008-2010 term include:
Program Overviews. During the coming term the Committee is asked to prepare a program overview for the next 5 years that fits into the AGU strategic plan. This overview should describe the principles that guide AGU's education and career programs, including things like who is served, how membership expertise is engaged, how resources are optimized through collaborations, donations, and sponsorships. The work of the Committee in developing this overview should help make the program more attractive for gaining further support from the membership and from outside resources. This overview should be an underpinning for future operational plans, which are an essential element of AGU's planning process. The operational plans are expected to include appropriate metrics for evaluating progress and determining to what extent each undertaking in this area is moving AGU toward the appropriate intermediate-term objectives. These plans are also expected to be realistic in terms of available resources.
Defining Core Program. AGU has limited resources to be expended on non-revenue-generating programs. At the same time, it is understood that the AGU must sustain a set of core programs. The Committee is expected to describe the elements of the core education and career program that will meet the definition for core programs adopted by the Budget and Finance Committee.
Program Support. The Development Board expects to work closely with the three committees responsible for AGU's outreach programs in order to prioritize needs and align the goals and objectives with resources of donors within the membership and external to AGU.
–July 2008