Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Leyva’s research explores how interlocking systems of power, including racism and cisheteropatriarchy, impact classroom teaching and student support in undergraduate mathematics and STEM higher education. mathematics, Rutgers University; Ed.M., mathematics education; and Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A brand-new video series that highlights the diverse experiences of Black boys and men in the science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields, has launched under the direction of a prominent researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Brian A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leyva is an associate professor of Mathematics Education & STEM Higher Education in the Vanderbilt University-Peabody College of Education & Human Development. He is the director of the PRISM (Power, Resistance & Identity in STEM Education) research lab. Dr. Luis A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Holding students back a year may have its benefits, according to a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Student academic outcomes were measured by results on statewide end-of-year mathematics and ELA assessments, Hwang said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

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. of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. The debt load of those who did is disproportionately high.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Over the last year, we’ve been exploring the educational experiences of Black and Hispanic PhDs in STEM, and find that of the 184,000 PhDs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields awarded to individuals between 2010-2020, just 3.8 percent went to Black Americans.

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