Minority Serving Institutions America's Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM Workforce (2019) / Chapter Skim
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. To address national priorities related to progress and innovation, and to facilitate advances in the grand domestic and international challenges in STEM, the diversity of the U.S.
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This takeaway leads to an important question: What specific and strategic actions can the nation take to ensure high-quality STEM education and impactful workforce preparation experiences for the growing population of students of color, in the hope to secure a larger, well-trained, STEM-capable workforce? One solution is to identify the most effective initiatives currently used to support the postsecondary STEM education and workforce preparation for students of color.
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In response to the Statement of Task, the study committee examined research evidence to identify the most promising programs and effective strategies to bolster outcomes of success for MSI students (e.g., enrollment, persistence, retention, degree attainment, and employment) -- with a particular focus on students in STEM fields.
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the multifaceted returns that could accrue from investing both financial and human capital in MSIs and the educational experiences that they provide to millions of students. Based on an assortment of evidence, the committee offers a series of key findings and recommendations to study stakeholders -- administrators and faculty at MSIs and non-MSIs, Congress, federal agencies, state and local legislatures, tribal nations, governors, higher education researchers, the business community, and professional and nonprofit organizations.
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, a private research organization that serves as a repository for research and data, on and within MSIs.1 The committee soon discovered substantial limitations to the data on the effective strategies to support STEM students at MSIs, in terms of the limited number of publications and the low level of rigor used to produce conclusions of "student success." As such, the committee commissioned the Penn Center to conduct a broader review that encompassed three areas of focus: (1) STEM education for students of color across higher education (MSIs and nonMSIs)
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These organizations included the American Council on Education, the American Institutes for Research, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, the NORC at the University of Chicago, and the National Science Foundation. Finally, serving as a significant component of the committee's informationgathering efforts, from September through November 2017, a subset of committee members conducted informational site visits at nine MSIs known to have implemented effective or promising programs, policies, practices, and/or strategies to help propel more students toward degree attainment in STEM fields and toward strong preparation for success in STEM careers.
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Chapter 2 provides an overview of the nation's STEM workforce, its needs, and the role that cultural diversity plays in promoting its success. Chapter 3 provides an overview of federally recognized types of MSIs; presents a short review of the MSI community, including the diversity among its students, faculty, and presidents; describes challenges with current assessment metrics; and considers what it means to "serve" students of color.
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Minority Serving Institution (MSI) : Based on federal designations: Historically Defined MSIs Established with the expressed purpose of providing access to higher education for a specific racial minority group: • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
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Students of Color: For the purposes of this report, this group includes Hispanic, African American, Native American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Asian American students. This term is also used to replace similar terms, such as minorities, underrepresented minorities, and non-Whites.
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2018. "Women and Men in STEM Often at Odds Over Workplace Equity." Chapter 1: Diversity in the STEM workforce varies widely across jobs.
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