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Racialized Agency as a Buffer for K-16 Black Students in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, in certain courses and majors, Black students are often discouraged or deterred from pursuing them, specifically in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Outstanding talents are present in children and youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor.

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Making Math More Equitable

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Leyva’s research explores how interlocking systems of power, including racism and cisheteropatriarchy, impact classroom teaching and student support in undergraduate mathematics and STEM higher education. mathematics, Rutgers University; Ed.M., mathematics education; and Ph.D., Dr. Donna Y.

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Morehouse Gifted Anonymous $20M Supporting New Professorships

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It is expected to fund six endowed professorships in the college’s Division of Business and Economics; the Division of Humanities, Social Sciences, Media, and the Arts (HSSMA); and the Division of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, including the Office of Health Professions. “At

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Alejandro “Alex” Hernandez Inaugurated as 10th President of Champlain College

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Champlain’s education model is designed to get students “ready for work, ready for life, ready to make a difference,” Hernandez said.

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Lenoir-Rhyne Receives $1.2M Grant to Promote STEM Pathways

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Hank Weddington The grant is designed to address science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teacher shortages and create pathways for underrepresented students to become STEM educators, according to Dr. Hank Weddington, dean of the College of Education and Human Services.

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WVU's Cuts: A Threat to Digital Age Justice?

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Notably, the endangered programs encompass graduate tracks in the School of Mathematical and Data Sciences and, alarmingly, the comprehensive Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. Chad Topaz In a bid to mitigate this crisis, the university's decision-makers have unveiled plans for deep academic program cuts.

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Experts Gathered to Discuss Challenges Facing Higher Education

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As tuition continues to rise, so does the question of return on investment for students and their parents, which inevitably targets less lucrative fields of study like the humanities. The humanities do great things for the way people think, and their ability to empathize and imagine worlds they are not a part of,” said Fleming.