Remove Engineering Remove Equity Remove Magazine
article thumbnail

Engineering success center opens at Boise State

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Boise State University opened its Micron Student Success Center earlier this year and will formally induct the space in April, offering a consolidation of resources for its engineering students to promote a sense of belonging and create a resource center. ’” explains JoAnn Lighty, dean of the College of Engineering.

article thumbnail

Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women have been making crucial contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics since long before STEM was an educational buzzword. Dr. Roberta Rincon, associate director of research for the Society of Women Engineers, agrees. People learn that through who they know, who they interact with,” she says.

Equity 126
article thumbnail

Equity in the Classroom Leads to Greater Student Success

Insight Into Diversity

Creating equity in the classroom requires that educators anticipate individual student needs, consider the delivery and presentation of their content, assign coursework that has real-world meaning, and prioritize skills development — efforts that result in greater student success, according to experts and research.

Equity 111
article thumbnail

How University Wi-Fi Networks Better Digital Equity in Surrounding Communities

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

When five undergraduate engineering students from the University of Illinois Chicago began a project to narrow the digital divide in their community, they focused their efforts on the nearby neighborhood of Pilsen. Partnering with engineers from Cisco, they had just three weeks to…

Equity 113
article thumbnail

Nursing Schools Teach Advocacy Skills to Help Advance Health Equity

Insight Into Diversity

Increasingly, this centers around health equity. To further advance advocacy and equity in health care, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Nursing will launch a new program in 2023 to teach nursing students about policymaking. Experts from these universities say major national discussions on health care must include nurses.

Equity 98
article thumbnail

National Academies release antiracism, DEI recommendations

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report notes some improvement in minority representation in higher education related to science, technology, engineering, math and medicine (STEMM)—but not enough to match those groups’ share in the overall population.