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Don’t Just Witness History; Seize the Opportunity to Shape It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They award 24% of all bachelor’s degrees received by African Americans in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. It’s instructive to understand how our collective efforts brought us to this point. HBCUs have a 34% mobility rate of moving their students from the bottom 40% in household income into the top 60%.

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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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Pepperdine University Professor Seeks to Give High School Students a Head Start

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Pepperdine University professor has been working on a pilot instructional program to give high school students a head start when it comes to understanding math. A lot of times, when students are going into mathematics, they are seeing the material for the first time and then tested on that material,” Roberson said. “If

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Five Questions That College Leaders Should Be Asking to Improve Student Success in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If institutions can minimize the number of days that students must come to campus and offer virtual instruction at other times, it makes it easier and less expensive to find childcare and lowers a major barrier to enrollment. What institutions can control is program structure. Are our programs stackable and focused toward career progression?

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Community Colleges Build Workforce Through Partnership and Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college has transformed its science building into a STEAM building—Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Mathematics. What sets this program apart is the focus on and investment in faculty.” Karon Klipple, director of Carnegie Math Pathways, said, “math was the single greatest barrier to college completion.

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Landscape Review Finds More Questions in Link Between Higher Ed and Civic Engagement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are campuses and faculty who are committed to developing the civic engagement of students who are scientists, and also linking the understanding of science as an important piece of our civic knowledge,” said Brown. Brown agreed and added that this study should prompt a lot of questions for institutional leaders and researchers.

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Women in STEM: Perception Versus Reality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. At the same time, within the broader category of engineering and science, it is instructive to examine the discrepancies in enrollment figures between fields.

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