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Study: Blacks Less Influenced by STEM Gender Stereotypes Than Whites

While Black women are more likely than White women to show interest in STEM majors, Black women are less likely to actually complete STEM degrees.

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Xavier University Gets Head Start on Recruiting With Youth Summer Programs

Xavier has used its summer campus programs to create a direct pipeline for middle and high school students, exposing them to the campus and rigorous study.

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St. Augustine’s University Taking First Steps Down Road to Recovery

In the last academic year, the HBCU faced a $3 million drop in net tuition revenue, the firing of its previous president and a federal investigation of allegations that the university provided false information on a federal grant proposal.

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Going ‘All In’ for Our Nation’s Students of Color

Only 3 out of 10 African-American students with high potential for success in AP science course work take an AP science course.

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New STEM Awards: Breakthrough or Bust?

Scholars question whether the Breakthrough Prizes will indeed generate excitement about science among members of groups underrepresented in STEM.

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Bloomfield College Partners With Nonprofit to Help Minority STEM Students

The program was so successful that the school will offer the camp during the upcoming academic school year and has increased its efforts to recruit additional students.

STEM Researchers: Do We Produce Right Stuff?

There is a notion that we produce enough STEM graduates, but do we really?

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San Jacinto College Focusing on Promoting STEM to Its Underserved Minority Student Body

To keep up with demand for STEM jobs, administrators, faculty and staff created the STEM Council to coordinate STEM efforts across the two-year college’s three campuses.

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Special Focus: STEM

In this issue of Diverse, we look at STEM, or the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. We take a deeper look at what higher education leaders are doing to boost the number of American Indians earning Ph.D.s. We also look at the success of a San Jacinto College program that promotes STEM among its underserved minority students. Among other feature articles, we look at the emerging tech scene in Washington, D.C., and what stakeholders are doing to keep diversity at the forefront.

Powerball Win Helps Marilyn Fields Spread Her Love for Shaw University

Good fortune allows devoted alumna and employee the opportunity to fully capitalize a scholarship she had started earlier this year.

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Experts: More Focus Needed on Guiding Native Americans to Doctoral Programs

Higher Ed stakeholders are looking to boost the number of Native Americans earning Ph.D.s and their representation in the STEM fields.

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UW Bothell Chancellor Sees Abundance of Opportunity for Underserved on His Campus

Bjong Wolf Yeigh says that about half of the student body is made up of first-generation college attendees and that about 43 percent of the student body are students of color.

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