HR: 1340h
AN: ED13B-1142    [Abstracts]
TI: The AGU Board of Heads and Chairs: Past and Future
AU: * Wuebbles, D J
EM: wuebbles@uiuc.edu
AF: Univeristy of Illinois, Department of Atmospheric Sciences 105 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL 61801 United States
AU: Bierly, E W
EM: ebierly@agu.org
AF: American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Ave, NW, Wahington, DC 20009 United States
AB: The primary objective of the AGU Board of Heads and Chairs is to be a conduit for interactions of AGU with the many universities and colleges involved in geosciences education and research. The Board also provides a forum for discussing key issues being faced by Earth and space science departments. From a historical perspective, the Board of Heads and Chairs has been a venue, through various meetings over the last two decades, for bringing together Heads and Chairs of such departments to: discuss issues that are of mutual interest and in many cases are ones that apparently will not go away or have long-term solutions; discuss and critically evaluate new instruments, facilities, tools, and methodologies; come together on important issues that transcend their own science such as the need for increased computing capacity; develop ways to increase women and minorities numbers in the field and deal with their issues in an equitable manner; discuss news ways to teach, introduction of new courses, establishment of new programs and degrees to fill the community's needs; and broaden their horizons, think in truly interdisciplinary ways and, return to their institutions with increased vigor and new ideas. We are looking to expand the role of the Board for the future, particularly towards being more proactive as a clearinghouse or "point of contact" for helping the represented universities and colleges. This presentation looks at what has been done and the direction of future activities of the Board.
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0820 Curriculum and laboratory design
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005