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Minority-Serving Schools Targeted by Howard Hughes Medical Institute STEM Grants
Ten minority-serving institutions are among 47 small colleges and universities receiving science education grants totaling $50 million-plus from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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STEM Watch
Dr. Lorelle L. Espinosa, a Senior Analyst at Abt Associates, a policy research organization, writes about the national imperative of building and sustaining a diverse STEM pipeline.
In terms of postsecondary degree completion, the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) landscape largely resembles American higher education on the whole. Despite more low-income students and underrepresented minorities seeking and completing STEM degrees, there remains great inequity between these groups and the country’s majority middle- and upper-income populations.
In addition to racial/ethnic and socioeconomic classification, the dividing lines of inequity can also be drawn by geographical region.
A recent report by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program sheds comprehensive light on the current condition of America’s population centers by way of immigration, migration, households, and workforce (in addition to more traditional measures like race/ethnicity).
Although not addressing the STEM education pipeline in particular, State of Metropolitan America: On the Front Lines of Demographic Transformation, speaks to social, educational, and industry settings in cities across the country—regions also home to potential generations of diverse STEM professionals. The report both confirms often d...
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Making Diversity a Priority at Purdue
Under the leadership of Dr. France Córdova, Purdue University has nearly doubled the ranks of tenured and tenure-track minority women faculty in STEM disciplines over the past five years.
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Latino Success Key to College Completion Goal, Report Says
The U.S. will not meet its 2020 college completion goals without a major contribution from Latinos, who continue to trail Whites in key indicators of higher education attainment, a new study says.
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Higher Education Provision Stripped from Ga. Immigration Bill
Georgia lawmakers on Tuesday stripped a provision that would have barred undocumented immigrants from state colleges, universities and technical schools from a bill making its way through the state Legislature.
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Higher Education Provision Stripped from Ga. Immigration Bill
Georgia lawmakers on Tuesday stripped a provision that would have barred undocumented immigrants from state colleges, universities and technical schools from a bill making its way through the state Legislature.