Diversifying the STEM Pipeline
Diversifying the STEM Pipeline

Author: Institute for Higher Education Policy

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 2

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Launched in 2006 to address issues of national competitiveness and equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, the National Science Foundation-funded Model Replication Institutions (MRI) program sought to improve the quality, availability, and diversity of STEM education. The project offered technical assistance to replicate and disseminate the findings of successful NSF initiatives at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). In particular, MRI builds on best practices in STEM undergraduate education identified by the National Science Foundation initiative Model Institutions of Excellence (MIE). Through MRI, nine MSIs replicated aspects of the Model Institutions of Excellence model to improve their STEM programs. The recommendations offered in this paper are based on their experience in adapting the model to support their STEM goals and may be instructive for other institutions engaged in similar work.

Diversifying the STEM Pipeline
Diversifying the STEM Pipeline

Author: Jenna Cullinane

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 32

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In 2006, the National Science Foundation (NSF) began funding the Model Replication Institutions (MRI) program, which sought to improve the quality, availability, and diversity of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Faced with pressing national priorities in the STEM fields and chronic gaps in postsecondary achievement, the MRI project identified Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) as key intermediaries to improve the quality, availability, and diversity of the STEM educational pipeline. This report begins by outlining MRI project activities, providing institutional information about participating campuses, and highlighting campus activities consistent with the components of the Model Institutions of Excellence (MIE) model. Subsequent sections analyze self-reported information from the MRIs regarding their evaluation of successful initiatives to improve STEM education, best practices for adopting and adapting lessons learned, and anticipated next steps in the implementation process. The report aims to disseminate the steps for replicating the MIE model to postsecondary institutions that are seeking to improve excellence and diversity in the STEM pipeline. Appended are: (1) MRI Partners; and (2) MRI Team Assignment: Introductory STEM Data Collection. (Contains 2 boxes, 2 footnotes and 1 figure.) [This report was written with the assistance of Lacey Leegwater.].

Diversifying STEM
Diversifying STEM

Author: Ebony O. McGee

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2019-11

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1978805675

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2020 Choice​ Outstanding Academic Title Research frequently neglects the important ways that race and gender intersect within the complex structural dynamics of STEM. Diversifying STEM fills this void, bringing together a wide array of perspectives and the voices of a number of multidisciplinary scholars. The essays cover three main areas: the widely-held ideology that science and mathematics are “value-free,” which promotes pedagogies of colorblindness in the classroom as well as an avoidance of discussions around using mathematics and science to promote social justice; how male and female students of color experience the intersection of racist and sexist structures that lead to general underrepresentation and marginalization; and recognizing that although there are no quick fixes, there exists evidence-based research suggesting concrete ways of doing a better job of including individuals of color in STEM. As a whole this volume will allow practitioners, teachers, students, faculty, and professionals to reimagine STEM across a variety of educational paradigms, perspectives, and disciplines, which is critical in finding solutions that broaden the participation of historically underrepresented groups within the STEM disciplines.

Academic Pipeline Programs
Academic Pipeline Programs

Author: Curtis D. Byrd

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2021-05-28

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1643150243

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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.

Women of Color In STEM
Women of Color In STEM

Author: Beverly Irby

Publisher: IAP

Published: 2021-03-01

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1648023711

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Though there has been a rapid increase of women’s representation in law and business, their representation in STEM fields has not been matched. Researchers have revealed that there are several environmental and social barriers including stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of science and engineering departments in colleges and universities that continue to block women’s progress in STEM. In this book, the authors address the issues that encounter women of color in STEM in higher education.

Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation
Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2011-07-29

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0309159687

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In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage innovation, and grow a strong and talented science and technology workforce. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation explores the role of diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce and its value in keeping America innovative and competitive. According to the book, the U.S. labor market is projected to grow faster in science and engineering than in any other sector in the coming years, making minority participation in STEM education at all levels a national priority. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation analyzes the rate of change and the challenges the nation currently faces in developing a strong and diverse workforce. Although minorities are the fastest growing segment of the population, they are underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering. Historically, there has been a strong connection between increasing educational attainment in the United States and the growth in and global leadership of the economy. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation suggests that the federal government, industry, and post-secondary institutions work collaboratively with K-12 schools and school systems to increase minority access to and demand for post-secondary STEM education and technical training. The book also identifies best practices and offers a comprehensive road map for increasing involvement of underrepresented minorities and improving the quality of their education. It offers recommendations that focus on academic and social support, institutional roles, teacher preparation, affordability and program development.

Racial and Ethnic Minority Student Success in STEM Education
Racial and Ethnic Minority Student Success in STEM Education

Author: Samuel D. Museus

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-03-08

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1118065867

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An indispensable resource for teachers, administrators, and researchers involved with STEM education This book distills the findings of more than three-hundred published works concerned with minority students in STEM education. It gives the most complete picture possible of what is known about ethnic and racial minorities in STEM education and provides valuable guidance on how readers can apply those insights to enhance their efforts to facilitate student success in STEM learning. In addition, the authors develop a rigorous model to help facilitate and direct research, policy, and practices in minority STEM education.

Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial Minorities in STEM
Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial Minorities in STEM

Author: Robert T. Palmer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 041589946X

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In Fostering Success of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in STEM, well-known contributors share salient institutional characteristics, unique aspects of climate, pedagogy, and programmatic initiatives at MSIs that are instrumental in enhancing the success of racial and ethnic minority students in STEM education.

Black, Brown, Bruised
Black, Brown, Bruised

Author: Ebony Omotola McGee

Publisher: Harvard Education Press

Published: 2021-02-01

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1682535371

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2022 PROSE Award Finalist Drawing on narratives from hundreds of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals, Ebony Omotola McGee examines the experiences of underrepresented racially minoritized students and faculty members who have succeeded in STEM. Based on this extensive research, McGee advocates for structural and institutional changes to address racial discrimination, stereotyping, and hostile environments in an effort to make the field more inclusive. Black, Brown, Bruised reveals the challenges that underrepresented racially minoritized students confront in order to succeed in these exclusive, usually all-White, academic and professional realms. The book provides searing accounts of racism inscribed on campus, in the lab, and on the job, and portrays learning and work environments as arenas rife with racial stereotyping, conscious and unconscious bias, and micro-aggressions. As a result, many students experience the effects of a racial battle fatigue—physical and mental exhaustion borne of their hostile learning and work environments—leading them to abandon STEM fields entirely. McGee offers policies and practices that must be implemented to ensure that STEM education and employment become more inclusive including internships, mentoring opportunities, and curricular offerings. Such structural changes are imperative if we are to reverse the negative effects of racialized STEM and unlock the potential of all students to drive technological innovation and power the economy.