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Biology Professor Named Project Kaleidoscope Director
Biology professor Kelly Mack was appointed to serve as executive director of Project Kaleidoscope — an initiative that focuses on building strong undergraduate programs in the STEM fields.
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is one of five winners of the Heinz Awards and is honored for exemplary work in the human condition category.
Continue reading …Scholars, Lawmakers Call for Greater Focus on Recruiting, Preparing Engineers of Color
September 13, 2012 1 Comment
Engineering deans at many minority-serving institutions are among those calling for a new national initiative to help MSIs and urban public universities increase the number of engineers of color, whom they say are critical to the nation’s future economic growth.
Continue reading …Grambling MSN Program Graduates Maintain 100 Percent Licensing Exam Pass Rate
September 7, 2012 No Comment
Due to its perfect pass rate on national exams for 14 straight years, an astounding achievement for any professional program, Grambling’s graduate nursing program has gained a reputation for excellence in Louisiana.
Continue reading …The Top 25 Colleges Graduating Latinos In Science, Technology, Engineering, And Math Fields
August 10, 2012 No CommentA recent Huffington Post cites Excelencia in Education‘s list top 25 schools graduating Latinos in STEM fields. Take a look and see how it compares to the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education’s 2012 Top 100 degree producers of Latinos in STEM disciplines.
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As part of a new enrollment plan developed by the Southern University System, Southern University at Shreveport, La., a community college, will operate satellite locations on the Baton Rouge and New Orleans campuses.
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Institutions that produce the most Latino graduates in the STEM fields were singled out for recognition Thursday in a report hailed as a guide for other colleges and universities that are looking to achieve similar results.
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Thirty-seven students pursuing careers in the biological sciences and engineering have been selected to receive UNCF/Merck Science grants.
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While the rest of state government eliminated 10,000 jobs during the Great Recession, the University System of Georgia added more than 5,000 employees.
Continue reading …Graduate Diversity Officers Play Key Role in Helping STEM Departments Diversify
July 10, 2012 No CommentI’m honored to have contributed to a piece recently published in the 2012 summer edition of The Review of Higher Education. The article focuses on efforts to diversify graduate education at research-intensive universities across the country. While underrepresented minority students comprise about a quarter (and growing) of the nation’s undergraduate population, just 11 percent of [...]
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