Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2025

The Trump administration's Office of Management and Budget, led by Russell Vought, has suggested the funding freeze is part of an investigation into whether money has been used for what it calls a "radical leftwing agenda," including scholarships for undocumented students or teachings on LGBTQ topics.

Title IV

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Department of Education (ED) has launched an initiative to bolster science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education nationally. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten. ED also hosted the YOU Belong in STEM National Coordinating Conference Dec.

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The University of Houston has received two new grants designed to address barriers that prevent low-income and underrepresented students from pursuing STEM education.

STEM education

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. STEM occupations have an average salary of $100,900, nearly double the national average for non-STEM positions.

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

million, mark the start of a new phase of grant-making in the Sloan Foundation’s Higher Education program, part of a multi-year, $30 million commitment. That program aimed to bolster student success in graduate study through a combination of fellowship support, strong mentoring, and student-centered professional development.

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

million, mark the start of a new phase of grant-making in the Sloan Foundation’s Higher Education program, part of a multi-year, $30 million commitment. That program aimed to bolster student success in graduate study through a combination of fellowship support, strong mentoring, and student-centered professional development.

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2024

Department of Defense (DoD) in an initiative to enhance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. "To The programs aim to bridge gaps in underserved communities, where STEM education and career opportunities may be lacking. "We

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As associate director of the university’s Center for Advancement of Teaching, Rahming oversees FSU’s Learning Assistant Program, which has yielded impressive results in helping students excel in some of the school’s high-enrollment, lower-division courses that provide the foundation for learning in late courses.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2024

The median mid-career salary for individuals with a STEM degree is $76,000, compared to the median pay of $61,000 across all majors. This provides further evidence that investing in a STEM education is not just beneficial for students, but it’s a crucial factor for enhancing economic mobility within our communities.

Mathematics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

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.

Grant

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.

Mathematics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

To provide a backdrop, in 2022, 798,534 students were enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs in the United States (National Science Foundation, 2022). Existing research shows that there are myriad storms that serve as barriers to Black males developing or maintaining interest in STEM.

STEM education

Ed.gov Homeroom

JULY 19, 2024

Throughout my education, my advanced STEM classrooms consistently lacked peers and educators who looked like me. Continue Reading The post Breaking Barriers: Creating Inclusive STEM Education for All Students appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

A physical chemist with a research specialty in ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Edington’s scholarly work includes matters such as research and training for faculty in STEM education. Edington holds a B.A. in chemistry from Fisk University and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Vanderbilt University.

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) have been in existence for over 50 years, serving not only Native American and Alaskan Native students but anyone from the rural communities where they reside. The majority of TCUs receive no state funding, despite some 20% of TCUs students not belonging to any tribal nation.

University

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.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

He spoke to an audience of AUC students, administrators, and fellow physicians about what society can do differently in mental health. Mental health issues are ubiquitous, and they have a tremendous impact on our community,” Evans said. “The and James L.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Moore III, assistant director of the NSF’s Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), explained the various efforts that NSF has taken to support STEM research in higher ed, including for HBCUs. Meanwhile, Kalantarians advised researchers to find topics students are interested in. “We Dr. James L. It's very hard to sell that.

Mathematics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

But equally exhilarating was being surrounded by other brilliant scholars – all of whom were graduate students trying to figure out the mysteries of navigating a predominantly white university, and all of whom shared varied hues of melanin and traces of our Black and brown ancestors.

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Point Foundation Scholars “Students posted videos on Tik Tok of them having to pull down the rainbow flag and to shutter the doors,” says Hall. At the time, there was only an unapproved (not officially recognized by the university) LGBTQ student group. The center director had to be reassigned to a new role on campus.

Mathematics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Diversity and STEM report provides objective, reliable data on where our nation has made progress towards access and equity in STEM education and careers, as well as where we must do more." population, the report found.

STEM education

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.” 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 education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

We aim to counter this inequity in our recruitment process, bringing as many female students and alumni as possible to serve as role models for potential new students, while paying special attention to keeping our marketing campaigns gender-balanced. Another program, “WeWomen Afeka,” establishes a women-only mentoring chain.

Mentoring

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]. Engaging Girls in STEM: [link].

STEM education

EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

Beginning in the fall of 2021, input was gathered from the OSU community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and stakeholders. Second opportunity : Increase collaboration across Extension; just one opportunity is STEM education. Interested in the Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship?

Grant

The Advisor That Cares

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This is a crucial component of my innovation and an excellent spot to highlight how creating a learning environment that supports the advising relationship could help students and employees gain this sense of belonging and significance. #3 This opportunity poses many future possibilities for the advising relationship. #4

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COE

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Hamm The Amazon Original film “A Million Miles Away” is an inspiring true story based on the life of TRIO Upward Bound and TRIO Student Support Services alumnus, 2001 National TRIO Achiever Award recipient, and author José Hernández , the first migrant farmworker to become an American astronaut.

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