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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

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Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing. At Lincoln University, HBCU researchers are creating a sustainability curriculum around food studies and social media engagement,” Moore said. “At population, Moore added.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

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She had a love for mathematics. She took a course her freshman year called PANIC (Physics a New Introductory Course), and she loved it because it combined understanding the physical world with mathematics. There have been curriculum advances, increased scholarships, growth in undergraduate research and innovations in student life.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It Students, she says, felt isolated in engineering because they were often the only Black students in some of their classes. It was a matter in many cases of asking the students, ‘What do you need?’”

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

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Lehman faculty are encouraged to look through their curriculum and pedagogy to make it more relevant to their Latinx students, in part, through Spanish-language programs and through the school’s Department of Latin American and Latino Studies.

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

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Ascendium Education Group is committed to making education and training beyond high school a reality for more people. Addressing Study Error in the National Evaluation of Upward Bound – Do the Conclusions Change?

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

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Specifically, in comparison to 2019, the previous assessment year, average mathematics scores for grade 4 students were lower in 2022 for American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, students of Two or More Races, and white students (see [link] ). Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

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These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today. Teach Black males and their families about the hidden curriculum (e.g., We have a long way to go to achieve equity in the academy for Black males. in order to be successful in college.