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Transforming Barriers into Assets: Prioritizing the Cultural Wealth of Black Students in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Likewise, as a higher education professional, I have mentored and supported first-generation Black postsecondary STEM students who share similar life experiences, aspirations, challenges, and stories that help them persist through their STEM education and workforce readiness training. Kornbluh et al.

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

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Moore is also the assistant director of the Directorate for STEM Education at the National Science Foundation. billion and nearly 200 employees, he helps to leads the largest federal entity dedicated to funding educational research. With a budget of approximately $1.8 With a budget of approximately $1.8

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10 U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

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Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of 10 seed grants to launch its Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative to transform their doctoral education programs in STEM fields. in human development from The Pennsylvania State University.

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Ten U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of 10 seed grants to launch its Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative to transform their doctoral education programs in STEM fields. in human development from The Pennsylvania State University.

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Making Math More Equitable

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We need to transform math classrooms as spaces that not only ensure equitable access to content, but also nurture historically marginalized students’ identities as knowledge producers in STEM fields.” mathematics education; and Ph.D., mathematics education Career mentors: Dr. Dan Battey, Rutgers University; Dr. Nicole M.

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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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Ohio State Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

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Dr. Mohler Peter “Ohio State’s newly elected Fellows represent a breadth of expertise in subjects ranging from cardiac disorders and marine life to STEM education and exoplanets,” said Dr. Peter Mohler, executive vice president for research, innovation, and knowledge at Ohio State. “I Kendra McSweeney , professor of geography.