Walter V. CollierMSIsPerspectives: Empty Promises in the STEM FieldsAre efforts to broaden diversity leading to empty promises of increased employment opportunities in science and engineering? The U.S. Government has been promoting and funding programs since the 1980s to increase the number of American women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities in the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce.October 2, 2007Page 1 of 1