Gender and ethnic diversity of members of US university natural resource program external advisory board members, 2017-2022

This dataset contains deidentified demographics information for the members of external advisory boards that serve university natural resource programs. Data collected in 2017 and 2022 represents a sample of land-grant, National Association of University Forestry Program-affiliated, TIMES-ranked universities and colleges. Each row represents a member of an advisory board. Data collection was completed in two years: 2017 and 2022. Data was collected from department webpages and lists of advisory board members provided by department personnel. As needed, information was augmented through internet searches for public LinkedIn pages, organizational pages, local news stories, etc. Data include a unique respondent ID, a code for the university they are from, their employer affiliation (e.g., NGO, federal government, NR business, etc.) and their gender and ethnicity measured as binary variables.

本数据集收录服务于高校自然资源项目的外部咨询委员会委员的去标识化人口统计信息。2017年与2022年采集的数据样本覆盖赠地大学、隶属于全国大学林业项目协会（National Association of University Forestry Program）的院校以及TIMES排名高校。每一行数据对应一名咨询委员会委员。数据采集工作于2017年与2022年两个年度完成，数据来源于院系官方网页以及院系工作人员提供的咨询委员会委员名单。必要时，还通过公开领英（LinkedIn）主页、机构官网、本地新闻报道等网络检索渠道对信息进行补充完善。数据集包含唯一受访者编号、所属高校代码、雇主所属机构类型（例如非政府组织、联邦政府机构、自然资源行业企业等），以及以二分类变量形式记录的性别与族裔信息。