Growing Diverse Stem Communities

Author : Leyte L. Winfield,Gloria Thomas,Linette M. Watkins,Zakiya S. Wilson-Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 0841235325

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Growing Diverse STEM Communities by Leyte L. Winfield,Gloria Thomas,Linette M. Watkins,Zakiya S. Wilson-Kennedy Pdf

Role of the MSEIP grant in the success of STEM undergraduate research at Queensborough Community College and beyond -- Enhancing student engagement with peer-led team learning and course-based undergraduate research experiences -- Aiming toward an effective Hispanic serving chemistry curriculum -- Computational chemistry and biology courses for undergraduates at an HBCU : cultivating a diverse computational science community -- NanoHU : a boundary-spanning education model for maximizing human and intellectual capital -- Design and implementation of a STEM student success program at Grambling State University -- The role of the ReBUILDetroit Scholars Program at Wayne State University in broadening participation in STEM -- "Using scholars programs to enhance success of underrepresented students in chemistry, biomedical sciences, and STEM" -- The MARC U*STAR Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) 1997-2018 -- Pathways to careers in science, engineering, and math -- Leadership dimensions for broadening participation in STEM : the role of HBCUs and MSIs -- Bloom where you are planted : a model for campus climate change to retain minoritzed faculty scholars in STEM fields -- Maximizing mentoring : enhancing the impact of mentoring programs and initiatives through the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development at Xavier University of Louisiana -- Mentors, mentors everywhere : weaving informal and formal mentoring into a robust chemical sciences mentoring quilt -- Using technology to foster peer mentoring relationships : development of a virtual peer mentorship model for broadening participation in STEM.

Author : Leggett-Robinson, Pamela M.,Villa, Brandi Campbell
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781799848592

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Overcoming Barriers for Women of Color in STEM Fields: Emerging Research and Opportunities by Leggett-Robinson, Pamela M.,Villa, Brandi Campbell Pdf

Despite a plethora of initiatives, policies, and procedures to increase their representation in STEM, women of color still remain largely underrepresented. In the face of institutional and societal bias, it is important to understand the various methods women of color use to navigate the STEM landscape as well as the role of their personal and professional identities in overcoming the systemic (intentional or unintentional) barriers placed before them. Overcoming Barriers for Women of Color in STEM Fields: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of innovative research depicting the challenges of women of color professionals in STEM and identifying strategies used to overcome these barriers. The book examines the narrative of these difficulties through a reflective lens that also showcases how both the professional and personal lives of these women were changed in the process. Additionally, the text connects the process to the Butterfly Effect, a metamorphosis that brings about a dramatic change in character and perspective to those who go through it, which in the case of women of color is about rebirth, evolution, and renewal. While highlighting topics including critical race theory, institutional racism, and educational inequality, this book is ideally designed for administrators, researchers, students, and professionals working in the STEM fields.

Author : Curtis D. Byrd,Rihana S. Mason
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781643150246

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Academic Pipeline Programs by Curtis D. Byrd,Rihana S. Mason Pdf

Academic pipeline programs are critical to effectively support the steady increase of diverse students entering the academy. Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Bachelor's to the Professoriate describes best practices of successful academic government and privately funded pre-collegiate, collegiate, graduate, and postdoctoral/faculty development pipeline programs. The authors explore 21 hallmark academic pipeline programs using their THRIVE index: Type, History, Research, Inclusion, Identity, Voice, and Expectation. The final chapter of the book offers information for using and starting similar programs. The appendix offers an interactive Geographic Information System (GIS) mapped database of programs using the THRIVE index. This book will equip parents, high school counselors, college advisors, faculty, department chairs, and higher education administrators to identify academic pipeline programs that fit their needs. Readers will also learn about how academic pipeline programs are situated within an institutional or organizational change model.

Author : Anthony B. Bradley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725252110

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Why Black Lives Matter by Anthony B. Bradley Pdf

Beginning with a conversation prompted by African American scholars like Dr. Alvin Poussaint of Harvard Medical School in 2007, to the current Black Lives Matter movement, there has been much debate about what led to the deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, among others, as well as other systemic challenges that undermine black thriving. Anthony Bradley has assembled a team of scholars and religious leaders to provide a distinctly Christian perspective on what is needed for black communities to thrive from within. In addition to the social and structural issues that must be addressed, within black communities there are opportunities for social change based on God’s vision for human flourishing. Covering topics like the black family, hip-hop, mental health, mentoring women, masculinity, and the church, this book will open your eyes to fresh ways to participate in solutions that will truly set black America free. Although the Black Lives Matter movement keeps the church on the margins, the authors in this volume believe that enduring change cannot happen unless God speaks directly to these issues in light of the gospel. With contributions from: Vincent Bacote Bruce Fields Rev. Howard Brown Ralph C. Watkins Rev. Eric M. Mason Rev. Lance Lewis Rev. Anthony Carter Ken Jones Natalie Haslem Rev. Ken Jones Rihana Mason Yvonne RB-Banks

Author : Marybeth Gasman,Levon T. Esters
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421448183

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HBCU by Marybeth Gasman,Levon T. Esters Pdf

"This is a work that looks deeply at the true power of HBCUs"--

Author : Laura W. Perna
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031066962

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Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research by Laura W. Perna Pdf

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The Handbook focuses on a comprehensive set of central areas of study in higher education that encompasses the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international higher education community. Each annual volume contains chapters on current important issues pertaining to college students and faculty, organization and administration, curriculum and instruction, policy, diversity issues, economics and finance, history and philosophy, community colleges, advances in research methodology and other key aspects of higher education administration. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world.

Author : Gray, Monica,Thomas, Ken D.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522522133

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Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Engineering Majors and Careers by Gray, Monica,Thomas, Ken D. Pdf

Underrepresentation of minorities is present in the field of engineering, both in education and practice. As in every profession, diversity and inclusion needs to be incorporated in order to provide the same opportunities for all people. Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Engineering Majors and Careers is an essential reference work for the latest research on the need for diversity and inclusion within the engineering workforce and provides approaches to restructure engineering education to achieve this goal. Featuring expansive coverage on a broad range of topics including minority recruitment, experiential education systems, and study abroad programs, this book is ideally designed for students, professionals, academic advisors, and recruitment officers seeking current research on ways to diversify engineering education and careers.

Author : Veronica A. Segarra,Marina Ramirez-Alvarado,Candice M. Etson
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782832530306

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Professional and Scientific Societies Impacting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEMM by Veronica A. Segarra,Marina Ramirez-Alvarado,Candice M. Etson Pdf

Author : Karri A. Holley,Joretta Joseph
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118783535

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Increasing Diversity in Doctoral Education: Implications for Theory and Practice by Karri A. Holley,Joretta Joseph Pdf

Diversity is defined as those numerous elements of difference between groups of people that play significant roles in social institutions, including (but not limited to) race and ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic class, sexual orientation, and culture. Since doctoral degree recipients go on to assume roles as faculty and educators, diversity in doctoral programs is significant. By supporting graduate diversity across the academic disciplines, universities ensure that the nation’s intellectual capacities and opportunities are fully realized. The authors consider diversity broadly from multiple perspectives, from race and ethnicity to institutional type, academic discipline, and national origin. They demonstrate how diversity operates through these venues and definitions, and hope to stimulate a conversation about a key aspect of American higher education. This volume is the 163rd volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education. Addressed to presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other higher education decision makers on all kinds of campuses, New Directions for Higher Education provides timely information and authoritative advice about major issues and administrative problems confronting every institution.

Author : J. Luke Wood,Robert T. Palmer
Publisher : IAP
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781623964832

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STEM Models of Success by J. Luke Wood,Robert T. Palmer Pdf

As the U.S. focuses on positioning itself to retain and advance its status as a world leader in technology and scientific innovation, a recognition that community colleges are a critical site for intervention has become apparent. Community colleges serve the lion’s share of the nation’s postsecondary students. In fact, 40% of all undergraduate students are enrolled in community colleges, these students account for nearly 30% of all STEM undergraduate majors in postsecondary institutions. These students serve as a core element of the STEM pipeline into four-year colleges and universities via the community college transfer function. Moreover, community colleges are the primary postsecondary access point for non-traditional students, including students of color, first-generation, low-income, and adult students. This is a particularly salient point given that these populations are sordidly underrepresented among STEM graduates and in the STEM workforce. Increasing success among these populations can contribute significantly to advancing the nation’s interests in STEM. As such, the community college is situated as an important site for innovative practices that have strong implications for bolstering the nation’s production and sustenance of a STEM labor force. In recognition of this role, the National Science Foundation and private funding agencies have invested millions of dollars into research and programs designed to bolster the STEM pipeline. From this funding and other independently sponsored inquiry, promising programs, initiatives, and research recommendations have been identified. These efforts hold great promise for change, with the potential to transform the education and outcome of STEM students at all levels. This important book discusses many of these promising programs, initiatives, and research-based recommendations that can impact the success of STEM students in the community college. This compilation is timely, on the national landscape, as the federal government has placed increasing importance on improving STEM degree production as a strategy for America’s future stability in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. Informed by research and theory, each chapter in this volume blazes new territory in articulating how community colleges can advance outcomes for students in STEM, particularly those from historically underrepresented and underserved communities.

Author : Thomas, Ursula,Drake, Jill
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522588719

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Women's Influence on Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in STEM Fields by Thomas, Ursula,Drake, Jill Pdf

Women are typically not well represented in STEM fields. These same women experience difficulties in advocacy and leadership, as well as hiring and promotion. Women of color, regardless of discipline, face this narrative daily and often throughout their entire careers. Women's Influence on Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in STEM Fields seeks to critically examine the strategies that women across class and cultural groups use and the struggles they face in order to become successful in professional fields that include business, politics, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. While highlighting topics that include higher education, workplace perceptions, and information literacy, this publication is ideal for public administrators, human resources professionals, sociologists, academicians, researchers, and students interested in gender studies, public administration, the biological sciences, psychology, computer science, and the STEM fields.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1170 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : IND:30000137987255

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Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2016 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Pietro Buzzini,Marc-André Lachance,Andrey Yurkov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319626833

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Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Diversity by Pietro Buzzini,Marc-André Lachance,Andrey Yurkov Pdf

This book focuses on the diversity of yeasts in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, including the association of yeasts with insects, invertebrate and vertebrate animals. It offers an overview of the knowledge accumulated in the course of more than 60 years of research and is closely connected with the volume Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology by the same editors. In view of the rapid decline of many natural habitats due to anthropogenic activities and climate change, the need to study biodiversity is pressing. Rising temperatures threaten species inhabiting cold and aquatic environments, and species in terrestrial ecosystems are endangered by habitat fragmentation or loss. Most of our knowledge of intrinsic properties (autoecology) of yeasts reported throughout this book is derived from laboratory experiments with pure cultures. Accordingly, the importance of culture collections for ecological studies is highlighted by presenting an overview of worldwide available yeast strains and their origins. All of the chapters were written by leading international yeast research experts, and will appeal to researchers and advanced students in the field of microbial diversity.

Author : Elsa M. Gonzalez,Frank Fernandez,Miranda Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000259575

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An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM by Elsa M. Gonzalez,Frank Fernandez,Miranda Wilson Pdf

This timely volume challenges the ongoing underrepresentation of Latina women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and highlights resilience as a critical communal response to increasing their representation in degree programs and academic posts. An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM documents the racialized and gendered experiences of Latinas studying and researching in STEM in US colleges, and centers resilience as a critical mechanism in combating deficit narratives. Adopting an asset-based approach, chapters illustrate how Latinas draw on their cultural background as a source of individual and communal strength, and indicate how this cultural wealth must be nurtured and used to inform leadership and policy to motivate, encourage, and support Latinas on the pathway to graduate degrees and successful STEM careers. By highlighting strategies to increase personal resilience and institutional retention of Latina women, the text offers key insights to bolstering diversity in STEM. This text will primarily appeal to academics, scholars, educators, and researchers in the fields of STEM education. It will also benefit those working in broader areas of higher education and multicultural education, as well as those interested in the advancement of minorities inside and outside of academia. Elsa M. Gonzalez is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Houston, USA. Frank Fernandez is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Mississippi, USA. Miranda Wilson earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Houston, USA.

Author : Michael W. Liemohn,McArthur Jones,Xochitl Blanco-Cano,John Coxon,Alexa Jean Halford,Chigomezyo Ngwira
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832537084

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Driving Towards a More Diverse Space Physics Research Community – Perspectives, Initiatives, Strategies, and Actions by Michael W. Liemohn,McArthur Jones,Xochitl Blanco-Cano,John Coxon,Alexa Jean Halford,Chigomezyo Ngwira Pdf