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Project Kaleidoscope Works to Implement Transformative Change, Foster Student Diversity in STEM
The coronavirus pandemic has been a setback for many higher education initiatives. But not so for Project Kaleidoscope, according to Dr. Kelly Mack, its executive director. She thinks the initiative for STEM higher education reform is only getting started — and the unforeseen pause of in-person learning could help the project heighten its offerings for next year.
STEM
Vanderbilt Administrator Applies Engineering Background to Diversity Work
Dr. William H. Robinson has spent the last 17 years at Vanderbilt University. In 2018, he became the institution’s first African American full professor in engineering, also serving as associate dean for academic success for the engineering school and the interim vice provost for strategic initiatives. Now, he’s taking on a new role as Vanderbilt’s […]
Women
Sweet Briar College Seeks to Foster Ideal Learning Environment for Next Generation of Female Engineers
Rather than large lecture-style classes, Sweet Briar College offers a hands-on experiential learning environment for its engineering students. Through surveys with alumni, Sweet Briar — a Virginia-based women’s college — has found that such hands-on learning is beneficial for students’ future careers.
Community Colleges
Roueche Center Forum: Diversifying the Undergraduate Engineering Education Pathway – An Opportunity for the Community College
Vision 2030, a recently released report from the National Science Board (NSB), is the latest in a plethora of warnings that the American way of life is threatened because we are in danger of falling behind in STEM, the disciplines that have powered American prosperity for decades. The current COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the power and […]
Sports
Are Video Games the Future of HBCU Sports?
As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on traditional fall sports, historically Black colleges and universities are leaning into a growing athletic trend – esports.
Latinx
Seeing Stars: TIMESTEP Helps Minority Students Launch Careers in STEM
Dr. Gurtina Besla, associate professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, says getting a career or standing out on a graduate school application goes beyond what is taught in the classroom. “You can walk through your entire degree and do great in your classes, but it doesn’t mean that you’re going to walk out […]
STEM
Boston Partnership Connects High School Grads to High-Tech Careers
Help is on the way for a fortunate group of high school graduates in Boston who, like their peers around the country, are trying to figure out their next step in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis and the surrounding confusion about which colleges will open in the fall and how courses will be taught. […]
STEM
Achieving Diversity in STEM Faculty Requires Systemic Change, Says Report
In 2001, Judith Ramaley, a director at the National Science Foundation, coined the acronym STEM for education disciplines in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Since then, NSF and other public and private entities have provided numerous grants and incentives to support initiatives for STEM diversity in education. However, almost two decades later, diversity among STEM faculty remains inadequate. Only 10.1% of STEM faculty is from underrepresented minorities, according to an NSF-funded report from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
STEM
Dr. Lorelle Espinosa Joins Sloan Foundation as Director of Programs for Diversity in STEM
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has appointed Dr. Lorelle Espinosa its new program director, a role in which she will lead the foundation’s grantmaking programs aimed at advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in STEM. Espinosa is currently vice president for research at the American Council on Education, where she builds the organization’s research portfolio, […]
Students
Open Letter to Fortune 1000 CEOs and Corporate Boards
As our nation reels from the death of George Floyd and countless others, youthful protestors of infinite diversity and humanity have taken to the streets, in all corners of America as well as countries abroad, crying out for an end to police brutality, injustice, and systemic racism. As their actions reverberate across society, it is critical that America’s most esteemed and influential leaders from all sectors, including corporate, respond to this new generation’s call to action.
African-American
Thousands of Scientists Went on Strike Wednesday to Protest Racism in STEM, Academia
Thousands of scientists and researchers in the U.S. and around the world went on strike on Wednesday to protest and to urge reflection on racism in society and in academia, especially in STEM fields. #ShutDownSTEM, #ShutDownAcademia and#Strike4BlackLives were the hashtags used on social media to talk about the protest, which was planned in the aftermath of […]
STEM
From ‘Slow Learner’ to Nuclear Arms Thought Leader: Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden
Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden, the first Black woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), describes having an adversarial relationship with math and science as a child, fearing her classes far more than enjoying them.
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