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Making Math More Equitable

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students.

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Investment in Math Education is Needed to Fuel the STEM Workforce

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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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To Support Student Success, Faculty and Campus Leaders Need to Feel a Sense of Belonging Too

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Despite the fact that faculty are so crucial to students’ academic lives, they are often underutilized as levers of institutional change. Moreover, institutions are grappling with faculty burnout, dissatisfaction, and resignations at growing rates.

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

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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 Roberson, who teaches statistics in Pepperdine’s political science program, served as one of the initiative’s teachers, instructing students on algebra.

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Lenoir-Rhyne Receives $1.2M Grant to Promote STEM Pathways

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Dr. Hank Weddington The grant is designed to address science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teacher shortages and create pathways for underrepresented students to become STEM educators, according to Dr. Hank Weddington, dean of the College of Education and Human Services. “The Lenoir-Rhyne University has been awarded a $1.2

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Dr. Anne S. Pruitt-Logan

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During her 17-year tenure at Ohio State, she also served as associate dean of the graduate school, associate provost and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence. During this time, she co-directed a new nationwide program, “Preparing Future Faculty,” an initiative to stimulate the reform of doctoral education for the professoriate.

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Pride in the Halls

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Guttman recently institutionalized its Lavender Graduation, a pre-graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students which the president, provost, and members of the faculty attend. That remains a big problem for staff and faculty who still are afraid of coming out,” says Dacey, who has done extensive political work and is now an events consultant.