{"527671":{"#nid":"527671","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Pearson Invited to Serve on National Academies of Science Panel","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWillie Pearson Jr.,\u0026nbsp;professor of Sociology in the School of History and Sociology, has been invited to serve as a member of the National Academy of Sciences panel \u201cEvaluate the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Approach to Measuring the Science and Engineering Workforce.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProject Scope, according to the NAS:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT), at the request of the National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), will convene an ad hoc panel to review, assess, and provide guidance on NCSES\u2019s approach to measuring the science and engineering (S\u0026amp;E) workforce population in the United States. Given the evolving data needs of NCSES stakeholders and the budget climate uncertainty under which NCSES operates, a priority for the panel is to develop a framework for measuring the S\u0026amp;E workforce that provides flexibility to examine emerging issues related to this unique population while at the same time allowing for stability in the estimation of key trends.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The framework developed by the panel should provide direction on measuring the S\u0026amp;E workforce population in terms of content, data sources, survey design, survey methodology, data collection, data processing, data integration, and data dissemination. The panel should consider the challenges involved in:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E-measuring the S\u0026amp;E workforce over multiple decades,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E -using a variety of data sources given that the availability of these sources could change over time,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E -taking advantage of lessons learned from how other developed countries collect information on scientists and engineers,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E -employing the most efficient and effective methodology at any given time, and\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E -meeting the evolving data needs of policy makers, researchers, and the public.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E At the end of its review, the panel will issue a report with findings, recommendations, and priorities for improving the relevance, accuracy, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness of S\u0026amp;E workforce data for the next decade and beyond.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read more,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/cp\/projectview.aspx?key=49772\u0022\u003Evisit the project information page on the National Academies of Science webpage.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWillie Pearson Jr.,\u0026nbsp;professor of sociology in the School of History and Sociology, has been invited to serve as a member of the National Academy of Sciences panel \u0022Evaluate the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Approach to Measuring the Science and Engineering Workforce.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Willie Pearson Jr., professor of sociology in the School of History and Sociology, has been invited to serve as a member of the National Academy of Sciences panel \u0022Evaluate the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Approach to Measuring t"}],"uid":"31947","created_gmt":"2016-04-21 15:31:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:25","author":"Azraf Chowdhury","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"464311":{"id":"464311","type":"image","title":"Willie Pearson, Jr.","body":null,"created":"1449256385","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:13:05","changed":"1475895211","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:31","alt":"Willie Pearson, Jr.","file":{"fid":"203694","name":"pearson.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pearson_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pearson_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":41146,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pearson_0.jpg?itok=mTv3pzah"}}},"media_ids":["464311"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.hsoc.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of History and Sociology website."},{"url":"https:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/cp\/projectview.aspx?key=49772","title":"Project Page on National Academics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12983","name":"Academic Faculty"},{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"166851","name":"HSOC research"},{"id":"3778","name":"jr."},{"id":"171944","name":"National Academies of Science"},{"id":"166902","name":"science and technology"},{"id":"167053","name":"sociology"},{"id":"15348","name":"Willie Pearson"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}