STEM

AAU Working to Improve Undergraduate STEM Education

Submitted by Kevin Atherton on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 1:56pm

 "No single organization can improve undergraduate STEM education on its own, says Robert Mathieu, an astronomer who directs the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning based at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It's a systemic problem, he says, "but AAU is one of the key levers that has to be aligned," citing the huge role that AAU institutions play in preparing future faculty members." Read More »

Vanderbilt and Fisk Commit to Affiliate Together as Full Institutional Members of CIRTL

Submitted by cheethao.cirtl on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 3:30pm

Vanderbilt University has been an active and committed participant in the CIRTL Network since 2006.  One of Vanderbilt’s successful initiatives has been the Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program, a collaboration between STEM faculty at Vanderbilt and Fisk University, a Historically Black University in Nashville.  The Bridge Program is being developed as a model for significantly broadening the participation of women and underrepresented minorities attaining the PhD in the physical sciences Read More »

How to Retain Underrepresented Students in STEM Fields

Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of University of Maryland, Baltimore County writing for Inside Higher Ed: "As I go around the country, colleagues in higher education often tell me they know that few students from underrepresented minority groups are succeeding in these fields. They want to know what they can do to move beyond talking about these issues to substantive actions that will lead to results. The National Academies recently issued a report that focused on this problem. Read More »

Bob Mathieu to Provide Testimony on STEM Education to Congressional Subcommittee

Submitted by RobinGreenler on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:56pm
CIRTL Director Bob Mathieu will be providing testimony to the US House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education on Thursday Feb 4. A link to his comments will appear on the CIRTL Café later in the week.

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Reaching All Students: A Resource for Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

Nationally, the scarcity of American students interested in going into STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is a cause for concern. Women and minority students could help make up this deficit – but only if they are welcomed. Numerous studies have documented the existence of a “chilly” interpersonal climate in STEM fields (see the CIRTL Diversity Resources Literature Review for specific references), but studies also show that in classrooms where students are working together well, women and minority students feel more at home.
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