Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Recent data projects that nearly four million additional people will be needed in 2030 for the science and engineering workforce to be representative of the U.S. Meanwhile, Kalantarians advised researchers to find topics students are interested in. “We We got to meet the students with what their interests are,” Kalantarians said. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

But PSU’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) cultural groups helped him become acquainted with research, and, in 2018, he received an internship with the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). He continues to work with 2030 STEM, a thinktank that aims to diversify the STEM fields.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Xavier University of Louisiana, an historically Black university (or HBCU) in New Orleans and top graduator of Black students who pursue medical degrees and doctorates in the health sciences, is partnering with Ochsner Health, the area’s leading medical training center, to open Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM).

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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. As such, STEM students are invaluable to the economy and workforce. Substantial changes in the field are right around the corner.

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