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STEM

A Call for Cultural Congruity on PWI Campuses

The number and severity of racial incidents occurring on PWI campuses continue to rise to the point of a critical call for administrators at PWIs to address and initiate solutions that will promote cultural congruent campuses.

April 12, 2016

Faculty & Staff

In Case You Missed It…

Even on Final Day on Job, Haynes Still Fighting for HBCUs  Disparities in STEM Degree Attainment Remain Key Issue  Chicago State Sends Faculty, Staff and Administrators Layoff Notices Education Expert: There’s Not Enough Follow Through on Equity Policies

March 4, 2016

STEM

LSAMP’s Progress in Diversifying STEM Workforce not Exact Science

The program has produced 509,954 holders of STEM bachelor’s degrees among underrepresented minority students but the number who have gone on to work in STEM has proven difficult to ascertain.

March 1, 2016

African-American

Disparities in STEM Degree Attainment Remain Key Issue

Education undersecretary Ted Mitchell joined a roundtable conversation Monday on the role that historically Black colleges and universities play in helping diversify the STEM pipeline and workforce at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

February 29, 2016

Community Colleges

LSAMP Students Tackling Problems That Hit Close to Home

Bugs with a deadly bite. Waterborne pathogens that threaten our health. Bad breath and gum disease. These are some of the practical problems being tackled by students involved in the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation.

February 25, 2016

African-American

Corporations Beginning to See Value of Supporting HBCUs

Recent headlines have shared historic announcements by many leading corporations of their new commitment to supporting greater diversity in science, technology, engineering and math.

February 24, 2016

STEM

Profile of Nation’s Innovators Doesn’t Mirror Those of Gates, Zuckerberg

Study shows more than a third of U.S. innovators were born on foreign soil, and a similar amount completed their undergraduate education at a foreign college or university.

February 24, 2016

Students

Changing the Political Rhetoric Surrounding HBCUs

Politics are an important cornerstone of American culture.

February 22, 2016

STEM

JESSICA CHEN WEISS

JESSICA CHEN WEISS has been named an associate professor of government at Cornell University. She was an assistant professor of political science at Yale University. Chen Weiss earned a bachelor’s from Stanford University and a doctorate from the University of California, San Diego.

February 11, 2016

African-American

Black Students Choosing Low-paying Majors

Although African-Americans have increased access to higher education, African-American students tend to choose college majors that don’t pay very much, according to a new Georgetown study released Tuesday.

February 9, 2016

Faculty & Staff

JANE WONG

JANE WONG has been named dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at The College of New Jersey. She is interim dean of the College of Science and Technology and head of the psychology department at Armstrong State University in Georgia. She earned a bachelor’s from Loyola University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Northern Illinois University.

January 20, 2016

Students

Jackson State Students Develop Groundbreaking ‘Smart Mat’ for Diabetics

Four engineering students from Jackson State University have developed an innovative device that could have far-reaching effects.

January 10, 2016