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Racialized Agency as a Buffer for K-16 Black Students in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 18, 2025

However, in certain courses and majors, Black students are often discouraged or deterred from pursuing them, specifically in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Outstanding talents are present in children and youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor.

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Making Math More Equitable

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. Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. mathematics education; and Ph.D.,

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Diversifying the Workforce for Data-Related Jobs Starts with Inclusivity in Research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Dr. Carol Parish Increasing and diversifying a workforce skilled to fill these data-driven jobs can be achieved through highly mentored, intentional involvement in innovative, publishable research projects. We focus on understanding the molecular behavior of model compounds related to energy and human health.

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Communicating the Science of the Stars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Aspiring to become a researcher and science communicator, Ealy is driven to understand humanity and science’s place in the world as it is. Ealy credits her mentors and community with helping her be unafraid to express herself through her work and ensuring any talk, presentation, or poster she makes is equal parts science and personality.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. We evolved our mentoring program so that it better serves the students we are supporting at this time,” says Valencia. Over 80% identify as BIPOC or multi-racial and 51% are first-generation. Dr. Luis A.

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Stop Cooling Out the Next Generation’s Aspirations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

Humans are no different. In a sample of 515 math majors across the country, women were more likely to report that GRE requirements deter them from applying to graduate mathematics programs. Take care with formal and informal advice-giving and mentoring. These issues are not just about race.

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. A number of them mentor budding scientists of color at a time when the scientific sphere remains overwhelmingly white and male. of the population. SACNAS filled that hole.

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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For example, in 2020, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) found that Black/African American employees comprise less than 10% of higher education professionals. Black university leaders had a deep desire to serve as the mentors and role models that many of them never had. Dr. Ebony O.

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Study Shows Increase in International Graduate Student Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

The largest growth areas across all countries are biological and agricultural sciences and mathematical and computer sciences, although the arts and humanities, business and education also show growth. The report data shows that as the pandemic subsided there has been a decrease in the desire for remote-only graduate programs.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

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. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. by mentoring girls and young women to keep going in engineering. Watford says.

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Paying it Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

applied mathematics, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico; M.S., mathematics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute; and Ph.D., mathematics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute Career mentors: Dr. Rafael H. He has advised Ph.D.,

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. We also examine programs and interventions that have been specially designed to improve Black males' mathematics skills. Dr. Erik M. Hines and E.C.

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Empowering Black Scholars in STEM: The Urgency of Mentorship and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

As numerous fellows entered the African American Hall of Fame at Morehouse College, the Dean of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Division, Dr. Eddie Red, delivered a welcoming message, expressing his aspiration to one day be featured on the wall, as he, like many of us present, is destined for a greater purpose.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Partner with community members, especially Black men, to serve as mentors and role models in the college-going and transition process. Ford is a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Dr. Edward C. Fletcher Jr. Mayes is an Associate Professor of Counseling at the University of Arizona Dr.

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Diversifying the Workforce for Data-Related Jobs Starts with Inclusivity in Research

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Stop Cooling Out the Next Generation’s Aspirations

Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Study Shows Increase in International Graduate Student Enrollment

Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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