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The Top 25 Colleges Graduating Latinos In Science, Technology, Engineering, And Math Fields

A 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.

Community Colleges

Southern University System Finds Creative Way To Attract Students

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.

Schools Producing Latino STEM Graduates Highlighted in Report

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.

UNCF/Merck Grants Awarded To Address Minority STEM Underrepresentation

Thirty-seven students pursuing careers in the biological sciences and engineering have been selected to receive UNCF/Merck Science grants.

State Colleges in Georgia Hiring in Economic Downturn

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.

Graduate Diversity Officers Play Key Role in Helping STEM Departments Diversify

I’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 […]

Commentary: Graduate Diversity Officers Play Key Role in Helping STEM Departments Diversify

Though there is much effort invested in and discussion about undergraduate recruitment and admissions, there is a lesser known group of individuals working to build a diverse student body of entering graduate students: Graduate Diversity Officers.

Lorelle Espinosa

Academic Leaders Share STEM Education Ideas

Among key points made at the National Science Foundation’s 2012 Joint Annual Meeting, high educational attainment in STEM disciplines becomes easier to reach when academic leaders take systematic approaches toward change and make mentoring a big part of their programs.

African-American

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.

Biomolecules class

African-American

Thurgood Marshall College Fund STEM Internships Funded by $400,000 USDA Grant

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded the Thurgood College Fund $400,000 to underwrite a 10-week summer internship program to enable public HBCU undergraduates to work in agriculture-related fields.

Analysis: Meeting the STEM Challenge

Science and math programs that target untapped talent among minority and disabled students are critical to American competitiveness, a former New York Times science reporter writes.

Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail

Coming to the Defense of Black Students

When school systems recognize that many of their Black students are falling behind, they frequently bring in Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu to help right the situation.

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

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