Dr. Mary Frank Fox, Co-Director of the Center for Study of Women, Science and Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, discusses group work in higher education with Susan Taylor, Founder of the National CARES Mentoring Movement.

Students from the Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) are recognized during the forum.

Dr. S. James Gates, Member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST),  highlights the importance of teachers mastering STEM content.

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, stresses the importance of collaboration over individualism.

Dr. Clemencia Cosentino de Cohen, Senior Researcher at Mathematica Policy Research, speaks to what needs to be addressed to create more opportunities for underrepresented minorities and females in the STEM fields.

Dr. A. James Hicks, Program Director of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program at the National Science Foundation, discusses a book that highlights the underrepresentation of minorities in STEM.

Dr. Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College, shares his experiences and thoughts on what Harvey Mudd College has done to provide females with opportunities in the field of computer science.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison, moderator of the Bayer STEM Diversity & Higher U.S. Education Forum, introduces the panel of national experts in STEM education.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison engages in discussion with STEM Diversity and U.S. Higher Education Forum panelists on the current state of STEM education.

President, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Chair, Department of Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College

Dean, Bayer School for Natural and Environmental Sciences, Duquesne University

Program Director, Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program, National Science Foundation

Member, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

Co-Director, Center for Study of Women, Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Mae C. Jemison, Bayer's long-time Making Science Make Sense spokesperson, moderated the Bayer STEM Diversity & Higher Education Forum on April 18, 2012.