Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

The power of collaboration and the importance of building paths for others to follow were topics , front and center , during the 2024 White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence. The alliance launched in 2022 at the first White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence. And we just can't let more time go by.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For colleges and universities to close these equity gaps, they must address the core of the student experience: the time that students spend in the classroom. Recognizing the key role of faculty in this work, we established the Equity Champions (EC) , a faculty community of practice intentionally designed to build relationships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

To provide a backdrop, in 2022, 798,534 students were enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs in the United States (National Science Foundation, 2022). Of those, 2% (16,111) were Black males. In the same year, Black males in engineering earned 1.8% Dr. Brian A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

To ensure equity in STEM education, colleges and universities must take proactive steps to recruit, support, retain, and graduate minority students. Programs such as MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) and STEM honors programs provide recognition and a sense of community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 18, 2023

Notably, the endangered programs encompass graduate tracks in the School of Mathematical and Data Sciences and, alarmingly, the comprehensive Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. Chad Topaz In a bid to mitigate this crisis, the university's decision-makers have unveiled plans for deep academic program cuts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

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 Report findings will be discussed Feb.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

Dr. Cindy Trejo According to Dr. Cindy Trejo, author of a new report produced by the Rutgers University’s Samuel Dewitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice, what the school does is simply “magic.” “I To me, that's just a beautiful story about equity and about having that inclusive mindset that doesn't see risk factors.

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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. Burt is also a 2019 Diverse Emerging Scholar. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

The panelists expressed gratitude and pride over being recognized for some of the diversity and equity work that they’ve been doing, work that typically does not garner widespread attention. and ideas of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and critical race theory (CRT) are hounded by opponents on the political right.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. Leyva is an associate professor of Mathematics Education & STEM Higher Education in the Vanderbilt University-Peabody College of Education & Human Development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This group, smaller in number, comprised almost exclusively Black and brown graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Burt is a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and director of the Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Title: Assistant Vice President, Educational Partnerships, Valencia College Davis-Lowe currently serves as assistant vice president for partnerships for educational equity at Valencia College. Davis-Lowe researches STEM diversity, higher education, educational policy and teaching methods.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Despite all the talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion, the highest echelons in the Academy remain white and male. This motivation we have termed an equity ethic , a principled concern for racial and social justice that becomes a chief motivator throughout one’s career. Only 15% were men of color, and 13% were women of color.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

He directs the Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity at Rice University, where he has taught, among other subjects, engineering and computational applied mathematics and operations research. “We SACNAS has always come at it as strength-based rather than deficit minded,” Lambert continued. “So,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

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. Jackson has also been an advocate for gender equity. Her father knew of MIT and encouraged her to apply.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Diversity and STEM report provides objective, reliable data on where our nation has made progress towards access and equity in STEM education and careers, as well as where we must do more." population, the report found.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Dipayan Banerjee, a fifth-year doctoral student at Georgia Institute of Technology with a passion for teaching, is pursuing research that can have a societal impact regarding logistics and supply chain management as well as equity and fairness in the context of transportation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

It becomes an equity issue,” said Kim Hughes, director of the UTeach Institute at the University of Texas. Dr. Lou Matthews, director of mathematics and science for Urban Teachers, a teacher training nonprofit, called the program “phenomenal,” but argued that it was also important to recruit teachers from non-traditional areas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Academic Pipeline Exchange is an open access database charting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in businesses, organizations, and institutions of higher education across the nation. Dr. Amer Ahbed, vice provost for diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Vermont. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Jill Wilson, Northwestern University Dipayan Banerjee, a fifth-year doctoral student at Georgia Institute of Technology with a passion for teaching, is pursuing research that can have a societal impact regarding logistics and supply chain management as well as equity and fairness in the context of transportation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

It is therefore time to connect the dots among efforts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities, overturn race-conscious admissions, and bring back standardized tests. Humans are no different. We, too, instinctively avoid environments that look unhealthy or unwelcoming. These issues are not just about race.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Academia and industry alike have long grappled with the lingering issue of gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and professions. With the implementation of policies and initiatives that encourage gender equity, we believe that the enrollment numbers will continue to improve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 21, 2022

And diversity includes clearly includes diluting it to the point where there is equity." “One of the greatest issues we're facing today in cybersecurity is that it is predominately male,” said Richard C. Mac Namee, director of MSU Denver’s Cybersecurity Center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. (“From Opening Doors to Opening Minds,” Aug. White House Honoree, Jan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Despite other opportunities available to him, he decided to pursue a degree in mathematics secondary education. Both are first-generation college students, grew up in migrant farming communities, have a background in mathematics, and served as president of MCCCD institutions (before Gonzales became chancellor of MCCCD).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In addition to focusing on associate degree earners, they have an explicitly stated emphasis on diversity and equity,” said Harrison. The college has transformed its science building into a STEAM building—Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Mathematics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It’s one of the reasons I’m so sad with the attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in southern states, because they are diversifying fast and DEI is a practical response to making sure you have a work environment that’s collaborative and successful for all the members of the campus, and that includes your students.” asks Delgado.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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] ).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Many of the programs that we put into existence are things that I wish that I had had,” says Watford, associate dean of equity and engagement and executive director of CEED. Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The company is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in the tech sector around the world. With a full scholarship, students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees can focus on complex research to further the DoD’s mission and create lasting impact.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

The project aims to provide guidance and insights for colleges and universities seeking to create effective and sustainable career development programs that promote equity and opportunity for historically marginalized learners.

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EAB

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Among both consistently and increasingly demanded skills, several data science-related skills emerged, including “data analysis,” “data science,” “mathematics,” “SQL ( programming language ),” and “R (programming language).”. How One Institution Created a Blueprint for Improving Student Equity Across Campus. November 9, 2022.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Throughout her career, she has been committed to student success, inclusion, and equity, leading programs for undergraduate research and curricular innovation, writing extensively on active and experiential learning and mentoring, and encouraging women and other underrepresented groups to enter the STEM fields.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Another fundamental aspect of this discussion is the need for educators to adopt an anti-racist (social justice or civil rights) and cultural competence approach to their work, which means being equity-based and culturally responsive in philosophy and action. Hines and E.C. Fletcher (Eds.).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

We have a long way to go to achieve equity in the academy for Black males. These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Carmouche, a trailblazing advocate for TRIO students and dedicated educator, this association stands as a testament to his lifelong commitment to educational equity and student success. Named in honor of the late Robert L. The new chapter will be formally announced at a special ceremony on Friday, August 30, at the University.

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