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Making Diversity a Priority at Purdue

Under the leadership of Dr. France Córdova, Purdue University has nearly doubled the ranks of tenured and tenure-track minority women faculty in STEM disciplines over the past five years.

International Education Workshop Focuses on STEM Internships, Work Abroad Programs

Academic officials attending a workshop hosted by the Institute of International Education were urged to develop STEM-focused work abroad programs such that students can achieve benefits that can be measured.

Dr. Eckhard Groll

African-American

Proposed Federal Legislation Seeks to Boost Minority STEM Education

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced a new bill on Tuesday that seeks to increase the proportion of minority students who graduate with STEM degrees.

Eddie Bernice Johnson

It’s About Time to Break the Glass Ceiling for Women in STEM

Earlier this month, The White House Council on Women and Girls released the report Keeping America’s Women Moving Forward: The Key to an Economy Built to Last — a release that coincided with the April 6 White House Forum on Women and the Economy. Among other policy issues, the report points to the underrepresentation of […]

Panel Discussion: Enlightened Leadership, Favorable Culture Key Campus Factors for Minority Undergraduate STEM Success

Panelists heavily criticized higher education institutions that uphold teaching practices meant to “weed out” undergraduate students from the STEM fields.

Bayer STEM forum

STEM Diversity Innovator to Lead Missouri University

Dr. Cheryl Schrader, recently named the chancellor of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, focuses on getting ‘underprepared’ students to pursue STEM paths.

Dr. Cheryl Schrader

Commentary: No Real Clarity After the Rutgers Verdict

Housing issues are no small thing, with the need for practical systems to deal with roommate complaints and disputes.

The Case for Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education

Every day, it seems — and rightly so — there are new calls to strengthen and diversify the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pipeline by leaders from across the political spectrum. The education community knows this cause well. As many researchers will tell you, interest in STEM majors and careers by underrepresented students is […]

Commentary: The Case for Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education

Of all Black, Native American, and Hispanic students who seek a STEM degree in their first college year, just 19 percent, 20 percent and 22 percent, respectively, graduate in a STEM discipline, UCLA researchers report.

Dr. Lorelle Espinosa

Commentary: Programs Are in Place to Help Minorities Successfully Pursue STEM Graduate Degrees

At the federal level, the Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement, or RISE, program; Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program; and the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, or LSAMP, program play a significant role in improving underrepresentation in STEM disciplines and careers.

STEM at University of California-Irvine

Collaboration among Colleges, Universities Urged as a Minority STEM Strategy

New report details how higher education leaders can implement programs that should increase minority participation in STEM fields without running afoul of the law.

African-American

Public University Association, NASA Host Minority Male STEM Symposium

Experts on Tuesday say success of higher education STEM programs targeting minority men may depend heavily on enhancing the promise of financial success in STEM employment.

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