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Jackie Swanik; Stephanie Rollins; Sarah Horstman; Carolyn Hoffman; Kimberly Fishback – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2023
This study investigates the impact of community college students' participation in mentored undergraduate research, with an emphasis on STEM transfer students. The STEM Academic Research and Training (START) program at Wake Technical Community College was designed and implemented by community college faculty and staff and was evaluated in a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, STEM Education, Research Administration
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Mulvey, Kelly Lynn; Joy, Angelina; Caslin, Michael; Orcutt, Darby; Eseryel, Deniz; Katti, Madhusudan – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, can have lasting impacts on a community Purpose: This research evaluated how participation in an STEM education intervention after an ecological disaster affected students' persistence, resilience, and STEM identity Sample: Hurricane Florence impacted college students (N = 50) were recruited…
Descriptors: College Students, Natural Disasters, Weather, STEM Education
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Morgan, Kristin L.; Crenshaw, Jasmine D.; Martin, Marcus L. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2021
The proportion of underrepresented minority (URM) students graduating with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees, matriculating to graduate programs, and entering the STEM workforce continues to be significantly low. The Virginia-North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (the VA-NC Alliance)…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Recruitment, Academic Persistence, Enrichment Activities
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Bililign, Solomon – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2019
Increasing diversity in the geosciences has remained a challenge, despite large investments made by federal agencies in minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and historically black universities and colleges (HBCUs). With increasing challenges associated with climate and environmental change and severe and frequent natural disasters that…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Science Education, College Science, Earth Science
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Ariyo, Oluwunmi; Hagler, Ashely; Armstrong, Melissa; Woodson, Heather Miller – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Employment within STEM fields has been escalating at a greater rate than employment in other fields (National Science Foundation, 2010). Unfortunately, the number of college students moving into STEM fields of study are substantially low (Lowell & Regets, 2006). The first two years of STEM education for many students take place at the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Science
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Fakayode, Sayo O.; Yakubu, Mamudu; Adeyeye, Olasumbo M.; Pollard, David A.; Mohammed, Abdul K. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
Diversification of our country's science talent pool is critically needed and can only be achieved by stimulating interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) among students from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds. However, motivating, increasing the number, improving retention rates, and graduation rates of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Black Colleges, Undergraduate Students, Minority Group Students