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Investment in Math Education is Needed to Fuel the STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the most strategic investments that can be made when it comes to having a well-prepared workforce for the economy of the future is in mathematics education. It is imperative to equip students with the mathematical skills necessary to navigate their chosen fields.

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PAUL R. WATSON II

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Watson holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Houghton College and master’s degrees in mathematics education from Syracuse University and in teaching and curriculum from the University of Rochester. Watson II has been appointed president of Michigan’s Kellogg Community College. He earned an Ed.D.

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UNCF Report Examines Black Teacher Pipeline, Offers Best Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report noted how Black teachers impact Black students’ educational development by serving as role models, improving their educational experience, improving graduation and college enrollment rates, increasing Black students’ reading and mathematics state scores, and increasing end-of-year grades. “To

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. They’re sending resources to the HBCU in the form of hardware and other scientific materials they can use in their teaching. …

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MSU Denver Aims to Improve Diversity in Cybersecurity Field

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The Center of Academic Excellence program is designed to ensure that institutions of higher education, their curriculum and their studies are aligned to, what are effectively, best practices in the area of cybersecurity." Its relationship with the NSA goes further. MSU Denver is one of 11 U.S.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Engaging with students was fulfilling, but Watford says she realized teaching was not her calling. Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It When she completed her Ph.D., 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. So be mindful about what you’re teaching and how you’re managing those classrooms.”

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