Full Description
To maintain competitiveness in the global economy, United States policymakers and national leaders are increasing their attention to producing workers skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Given the growing minority population in the country, it is critical that higher education policies, pedagogies, climates, and initiatives are effective in promoting racial and ethnic minority students' educational attainment in STEM. Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) have shown efficacy in facilitating the success of racial and ethnic minority students in STEM and are collectively responsible for producing nearly one-third of the nation's minority STEM graduates.
In Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial Minorities in STEM, well-known contributors share salient institutional characteristics, unique aspects of climate, pedagogy, and programmatic initiatives at MSIs that are instrumental in enhancing the success of racial and ethnic minority students in STEM education. This book provides recommendations on institutional practice, policy, and lessons that any institution can use on their campus to foster better retention and persistence among minority students. Higher Education leaders and administrators interested in encouraging achievement among racial and ethnic minority students in STEM education will find this book a welcomed and timely addition to the discourse on promoting minority student success.
Contents
Chapter 1. Learning from Minority Serving Institutions: Implications for Racial and Ethnic
Minority in STEM
Robert T. Palmer, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs, SUNY Binghamton;
Dina C. Maramba, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs, SUNY Binghamton;
Marybeth Gasman, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Chapter 2. The impact of the institutional climates of MSIs and their ability to foster success for
Racial and Ethnic minority students
Terrell Strayhorn, Associate Professor of Higher Education, The Ohio University
Chapter 3. Faculty Preparation and Pedagogical Considerations in MSIs: Teaching from
Culturally Responsive Perspectives
T. Elon Dancy, Assistant Professor of Adult and Higher Education, University of Oklahoma
Chapter 4. Increasing Women and Underrepresented Students in STEM: Role of Minority
Serving Two-Year Colleges
Frankie Santos Laanan, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Iowa State University;
Dimitra L. Jackson; Postdoctoral and Research Associate; Iowa State University
Chapter 5. Dedicated to Success: The Relationship between Supportive Faculty and Success for Racial and Ethnic Minorities in STEM at MSIs
Shannon Gray, Associate Dean of the Pennoni Honors College and Director of the Honors Program at Drexel University
Chapter 6. Engineering the Academic Success of Racial Ethnic Minority Students at Minority:
Serving Institutions via Mentoring and Research
Darnell Cole; Associate Professor of Education, University of Southern California
Araceli Espinoza, PhD students, University of Southern California
Chapter 7. Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving-Institutions
(AANAPISIs): Mutable Sites of Intervention for STEM Opportunities and
Outcomes
Robert Teranishi, Associate Professor of Higher Education, New York University;
Dina C. Maramba, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs, SUNY Binghamton; and
Samuel D. Museus, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, UMass Boston
Chapter 8. Measuring Campus Effort: An Essential Practice for 21st Century Assessment at
HSIs
Estela Mara Bensimon, Professor of Education, University of Southern California
Alicia C. Dowd, Associate Professor of Education, University of Southern California;
Misty Sawatzky, Advanced PhD, University of Southern California
Chapter 9. Academic Integration for Racial and Ethnic Minorities in STEM: Examining
Differences Between Minority Serving and Predominantly White Institutions
Idara R. Essien, PhD., Director for Academic Success Programming, Legacy Institute. J. Luke Wood, PhD., Director of the Doctoral Program in Education and Assistant Professor of Leadership & Organizational Studies at Lincoln Memorial University.
Chapter 10. Examining Programs of Success in STEM Education at MSIs to Facilitate the
Retention and Persistence of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in STEM at
Predominantly White institutions
Robert T. Palmer, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs, SUNY Binghamton
