Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

College women majoring in STEM fields more frequently experience sexual assault than those not in STEM, a recent Georgia State University (GSU) study found. Dr. Laura Salazar The study – published in the early online edition of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence – analyzed survey data from 318 undergraduate STEM majors at five U.S.

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Named for a pioneering African American cell biologist and Dartmouth valedictorian, the program aims to recruit and support scholars devoted to increasing diversity in STEM fields. It's a new attempt to tackle an old problem: the paucity of minorities in STEM departments. of STEM faculty are from minoritized backgrounds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

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. We know that we can make graduate education in STEM better for everyone,” said Dr. Adam Falk, president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Wentworth Institute of Technology is dropping its pre-Calculus admissions requirement, opening its doors to a wider range of students looking to pursue STEM degrees there. These are students that have great potential and that really want to move into a STEM career,” Donovan said. “So

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Multiple academic studies have demonstrated that encouraging children to pursue a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) career gives them a distinct business advantage later in life. million people work in a STEM field in the United States, representing 6.6% of American jobs. of American jobs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

When it comes to STEM-related degrees however, undergrad women in STEM who use career services received more job offers than the men. Undergraduate men receive more job offers than undergrad women in general but the use of career services helps reduce the difference in the amount of offers, the study found.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

NASA will be giving over $5 million to seven women’s colleges and universities (WCUs) for research and development of strategies to increase retention of women in STEM programs and careers. Agnes Scott College was among seven schools awarded funds from NASA to help improve the national gender gap and experiences of women in STEM.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A&T) will use a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement a program to increase STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, particularly Ph.Ds. PRMPR plans to recruit and graduate 12 underrepresented STEM Ph.D. Our approach is to diversify STEM doctoral degree holders in the U.S.,

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Active Minds

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Though students often jokingly debate which is more rigorous, future-proof, and overall superior, humanities and STEM students alike face the need to manage the stress of juggling academics, extracurriculars, a social life, and planning for post-grad. Everyone needs help at times, so don’t be afraid to speak up.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 16, 2023

Glenn Gilyot’s research as a doctoral student in organic chemistry at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the recognition he has received, while significant, pale in comparison to the satisfaction he has derived from his work with a STEM program for elementary and middle-school students. I think it’s a very interesting dynamic,” he said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan The report, “ Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities 2023 ,” is a federal attempt to investigate diversity trends in STEM employment and education. Currently, the STEM workforce includes 12.3 million women (35% of the STEM workforce), 8.3 NCSES is part of the NSF.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This project will transform the student experience in STEM at Furman,” said Dr. Alison Roark, associate professor of biology and program director.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

million in state funding for its STEM workforce development programs, AZ Central reported. Pima Community College (PCC) received $1.7 Some of the money helped build the school’s Automotive Technology and Innovation Center to train future automotive technicians. This year’s state budget also allocated $2 million for school operations.

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MARCH 1, 2023

Department of Education (ED), which it will use to serve low-income and first-generation students interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degrees from select high schools. Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 million from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

The “sobering reality” is that there is inequity in STEMM education and pay in this nation, said OSTP Director Dr. Arati Prabhakar, noting that, on average, Black workers in STEM are paid 78% and Hispanic workers in STEM are paid 83% of what their white counterparts make. And we just can't let more time go by.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

I love seeing my feed blow up w/ the news that numerous research proposals adopting critical & intersectional approaches to advancing justice in math & STEM higher ed were accepted as presentations during the 2024 @AERA_EdResearch Annual Mtg in Philadelphia. Congrats, colleagues!” Dr. Donna Y. He’s bringing innovative approaches.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

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 Dr. Natividad Ruiz , professor of microbiology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As CEO of the nonprofit American Association of University Women (AAUW), she serves as a thought leader on issues ranging from the pay gap to equity in STEM to student loan debt. Blackwell is a gender equity advocate, who oversees an organization counting over 40,000 members and donors, 700 branches, and 500 college and university partners.

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Student Research Foundation

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Student Research Foundation has been pleased to partner with the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) for several years, supporting girls’ and young women’s access to, and participation in, STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Engaging Girls in STEM: [link]. STEM Survey. Report link: [link].

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leyva is an associate professor of Mathematics Education & STEM Higher Education in the Vanderbilt University-Peabody College of Education & Human Development. He is the director of the PRISM (Power, Resistance & Identity in STEM Education) research lab. There is also still a lack of LGBTQ focused academic classes.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It positions the college to lead in the areas of virtual education, intelligent classroom design and utility, artificial intelligence in education, STEM education and VAX-R, the mixed application of virtual reality, augmented reality, and extended reality to create industry changing teaching and learning experiences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

He researches college student self-efficacy ; STEM research ; college retention ; school closing and massive resistance ; high school to college transition, spirituality among college students ; and psychological well-being of students and administrators in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It represents one of the “Peaks of Excellence” recommended by a Blue-Ribbon Panel on STEM Research Expansion. Wilson, Morgan has continued to advance its research and increasingly become more well-known for its strong STEM programs and research centers,” said Dr. Willie E. and beyond through research, education, and public service.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Ivy Morgan The Education Trust The report, " Opportunities Denied: High Achieving Black and Latino Students Lack Access to Advanced Math ", used data from the 2009 High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) to determine such disparities stemming from systemic bias.

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Coastline College

MAY 3, 2022

STEM careers and the demand for them seem to grow exponentially with every day that passes. But what is STEM? What do I need to know to get a STEM-based job? Join me as I enlist the help of Coastline’s Dr. Tanya Hoerer and Dr. Paolo Varquez to explore all things STEM. Why is it important? Source: Shutterstock.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Gilyot calls his position as the graduate student coordinator of STEM Cubs at the university “one of the major highlights of the last three years.” STEM Cubs is designed to engage students “historically underrepresented in STEM education and career fields,” according to the university website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2024

His work examines marginalized communities and identities in STEM and higher ed, equity, and students at community and technical colleges. Dion Harry Harry is a North Carolina State University doctoral candidate studying higher education opportunity, equity, and justice. Wallace is a University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Highlighted with individual profiles throughout the magazine, the 15 scholars hail from a range of academic disciplines – including education, STEM, and architecture – and cultural backgrounds. The panel was moderated by Dr. Jamal Watson. One of our lab members is well-versed in trauma-informed ways of interviewing,” Leyva said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Randi Weingarten The move stems from a unanimous AFT executive council resolution on Nov. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is calling for people to respect intellectual and academic freedom and speech, and combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other racist hate on college campuses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2023

Farrukh Alvi Farrukh Alvi has been named associate provost for innovation, research & entrepreneurship in STEM at Florida State University. Alvi, a Don Fuqua Eminent Scholar, holds a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Her research has also included co-curricular STEM education and its role in undergraduate identity formation. She was invited by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to serve as a member of their joint roundtable on advancing change in undergraduate STEM education. Nembhard holds a Ph.D. and an M.S.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM; 2.) Jean rose from abject poverty, progressing from a 1.9 grade point average to becoming an author, consultant and an administrator at Montclair State University. The conference will connect students with professionals in five key career clusters: 1.) health science; 4.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Jones — who is considered a thought leader in STEM diversity, equity, and inclusion — also invests her skills in reaching out to communities with limited access and resources through programs like Young Engineering & Science Scholars Program, Upward Bound, College Aspiration Partnership Program, ChickTech, and IndeedWeCode.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

It's going to recognize aspects of your upbringing, maybe aspects of your family life that not everybody in STEM training programs or STEM careers have to deal with. SACNAS has been engaging in conversations and tackling topics as part of its efforts to boost the tally of STEM workers who are Native or Hispanic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

towards Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, that has increased funding resources for TCUs in the STEM field—but there is a need for a more balanced education,” said Crazy Bull. “There’s a drive in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2023

“When scientists draw on individualist arguments to explain gender inequality — thus ignoring these gendered processes — they may blunt initiatives that can promote women’s equity in STEM,” Chan said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Women have been making crucial contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics since long before STEM was an educational buzzword. The benefits of female participation in STEM disciplines are common-sensical. Nonetheless, the percentage of women STEM faculty remains disproportionately small.

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