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Student Success in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Addressing these disparities is crucial for fostering a diverse and inclusive STEM workforce that reflects the richness of our society and drives innovation. To ensure equity in STEM education, colleges and universities must take proactive steps to recruit, support, retain, and graduate minority students.

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Championing Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Undergraduate LAs operate as part of an instructional team, supporting both students and faculty to create more inclusive, learner-centered classrooms that improve student and faculty success. At FSU, the program has also worked to increase access to STEM majors. “My When that happens, they’re more willing to reach out.”

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10 U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million, mark the start of a new phase of grant-making in the Sloan Foundation’s Higher Education program, part of a multi-year, $30 million commitment. That program aimed to bolster student success in graduate study through a combination of fellowship support, strong mentoring, and student-centered professional development.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Ten U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million, mark the start of a new phase of grant-making in the Sloan Foundation’s Higher Education program, part of a multi-year, $30 million commitment. That program aimed to bolster student success in graduate study through a combination of fellowship support, strong mentoring, and student-centered professional development.

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Edington Appointed President of the University of the District of Columbia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A physical chemist with a research specialty in ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Edington’s scholarly work includes matters such as research and training for faculty in STEM education.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The HBCU STEM US focuses on exploring and sharing the narratives of HBCUs through convergence research for our benefit and that of the nation, thereby chronicling the tradition of excellence in STEM education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. of the population, they only represent 9% of those in STEM fields.

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