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AAMU’s STEM boon carves career paths for HBCU students

University Business

Alabama A&M University and HBCUs at large are some of the most underfunded state universities in the nation, fighting year after year for supplemental grants, scholarships and business partnerships to keep their students competitive in the workforce. Students pursuing this will receive scholarships and assistance with job placement.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. The program includes a science fest, monthly virtual STEM nights, and a summer camp on campus.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). “We We are an affordable institution.

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OEE Scholar Interview Series: Dr. Tiera Tanksley

ACPA

We’re excited to highlight the scholarship of Dr. Tiera Tanksley , Assistant Professor of Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education at CU Boulder and a Critical Race Technology Fellow at UCLA. She earned her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies within UCLA’s Urban Schooling program.

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Transforming Transfer at Selective Colleges and Universities

Inside Higher Ed

This trend has major equity implications for these schools, given who enrolls in community colleges: Recent data shows that about 40 percent of community college students are Black or Latino, and nearly half are from lower-income backgrounds. percent at highly selective institutions this past spring. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. CMU-Africa was established as CMU-Rwanda in 2011 as a partnership between the Rwandan government and the Pittsburgh-based university renowned for its engineering and technology programs.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. Bray, and Martha Kanter) the Top 100 percent of undergraduates to success.