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Faculty & Staff

Biology Professor Named Project Kaleidoscope Director

Biology professor Kelly Mack was appointed to serve as executive director of Project Kaleidoscope — an initiative that focuses on building strong undergraduate programs in the STEM fields.

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Perspective: Linking STEM Women Online to Students

Women in Technology Sharing Online is a six-week program co-sponsored by Harvey Mudd College to encourage female students to enter STEM fields.

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Heinz Award Honors UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is one of five winners of the Heinz Awards and is honored for exemplary work in the human condition category.

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Community Colleges

Beyond Borders—STEM Education as a Global Priority

Australia, like the U.S., has set its sights on transforming higher education in an era of increased demand for postsecondary degrees and credentials.

Scholars, Lawmakers Call for Greater Focus on Recruiting, Preparing Engineers of Color

Engineering deans at many minority-serving institutions are among those calling for a new national initiative to help MSIs and urban public universities increase the number of engineers of color, whom they say are critical to the nation’s future economic growth.

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Community Colleges

Perspective: Beyond Borders—STEM Education as a Global Priority

Australia, like the U.S., has set its sights on transforming higher education in an era of increased demand for postsecondary degrees and credentials.

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Community Colleges

Commentary: Community Colleges – An ‘Unsung’ Source of America’s STEM Talent

Some 1,200 community colleges in the U.S. enroll more than 8 million students yearly, which is 43 percent of all undergraduates.

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Grambling MSN Program Graduates Maintain 100 Percent Licensing Exam Pass Rate

Due to its perfect pass rate on national exams for 14 straight years, an astounding achievement for any professional program, Grambling’s graduate nursing program has gained a reputation for excellence in Louisiana.

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African-American

Public Affairs, Academic Symposium Launches HBCU Football Classic in Nation’s Capital

The AT&T Nation’s Football Classic kicked off at Howard University Thursday with a symposium that featured Black scholars from various science fields.

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The Top 25 Colleges Graduating Latinos In Science, Technology, Engineering, And Math Fields

A recent Huffington Post cites Excelencia in Education‘s list top 25 schools graduating Latinos in STEM fields. Take a look and see how it compares to the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education’s 2012 Top 100 degree producers of Latinos in STEM disciplines.

Community Colleges

Southern University System Finds Creative Way To Attract Students

As part of a new enrollment plan developed by the Southern University System, Southern University at Shreveport, La., a community college, will operate satellite locations on the Baton Rouge and New Orleans campuses.

Schools Producing Latino STEM Graduates Highlighted in Report

Institutions that produce the most Latino graduates in the STEM fields were singled out for recognition Thursday in a report hailed as a guide for other colleges and universities that are looking to achieve similar results.

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