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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793206603321

Titolo

Broadening participation in STEM : effective methods, practices, and programs / / edited by Zakiya S. Wilson-Kennedy, Goldie S. Byrd, Eugene Kennedy, Henry T. Frierson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, UK : , : Emerald Publishing, , 2019

ISBN

1-78756-909-8

1-78756-907-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 pages)

Collana

Diversity in higher education, , 1479-3644 ; ; volume 22

Disciplina

507.1173

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States

Engineering - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States

Technology - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States

Minority college students - Recruiting - United States

Education - Higher

Education

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Prelims -- Part I -- Part II -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

U.S. students exit undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs at alarming rates. Less than 50 percent of the undergraduate students who enter STEM degree programs as aspiring freshmen complete degrees in these areas. This is especially true for minorities, whose departure from STEM degree programs is often twice the rate of others. Broadening Participation in STEM features chapters from developers of high impact educational practices and programs that have been effective at broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in the STEM disciplines. It explores strategies used with special populations of STEM aspirants including minority groups such as African Americans, Latino Americans, and Native Americans; persons from economically disadvantaged background; and



persons with disabilities. This volume contributes to national knowledge of best practices in educating underrepresented students aspiring to STEM careers. This book provides campus-based faculty, administrators, and diversity professionals with a guide that can be used to develop programs designed to address specific student success and inclusion goals in STEM programs.