Broadening Participation in STEM: Effective Methods, Practices, and Programs: 22 (Diversity in Higher Education, 22) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 178756908X ISBN 13: 9781787569089

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Zakiya Wilson-Kennedy, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Research in Chemistry Education and Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion within the College of Science at Louisiana State University. She has received almost $30 million in STEM-related grants and contracts. Her research is published in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Science Education and Technology and the Journal of Chemical Education.

Goldie S. Byrd, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity at Wake Forest University. She has published over 60 papers and book chapters and in STEM-related journals and has received over $70 million in STEM-related grants, contracts, and gifts.

Eugene Kennedy, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Educational Research in the School of Education at Louisiana State University. He specializes in applied statistics, program evaluation and out-of-school learning in STEM disciplines.

Henry T. Frierson, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology, is Associate Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Florida. He has been a faculty member for over 40 years and has advanced and promoted diversity and inclusion for racial and ethnic minority students throughout his career.

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178756908X
• ISBN 13: 9781787569089
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Wilson-Kennedy Zayika, Byrd Goldie S., Kennedy Eugene, Frierson Henry T.