About the Task Force 



• The Task Force was established 



by the U.S. Congress in Public 

 Law 99-383, Section 8. to report 

 to the President, the head of 

 each participating Federal 

 agency, and the Congress; 



• Members are from 15 Federal 

 agencies and leaders in the 

 private sector and education; 



• Purpose is to develop a long- 

 range plan for broadening 

 participation in science and 

 engineering; 



• Public hearings were held in 

 Albuquerque, Atlanta, 

 Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, 

 Kansas City, and Los Angeles 

 between Fall 1987 and Spring 

 1988; 



The final report reiterates our 

 goals, and calls for the long- 

 term commitment to fulfill them; 



Co-chairs of the Task Force are: 



Dr. W. Ann Reynolds, 

 Chancellor of the California 

 State University System and 



Mr. Jaime Oaxaca, 



Vice Chairman of the Board, 



Coronado Communications; 



Executive Director is Sue 

 Kemnitzer; 



The Task Force terminates on 

 January 31, 1990. For 

 information after that date 

 contact the Director of the 

 National Science Foundation. 



An interim report with 

 recommendations was issued in 

 September, 1988; 55,000 copies 

 were distributed and significant 

 discussions and actions were 

 instigated; 



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