Supporting and Empowering STEM Students in Community College

About this episode

The episode discusses efforts to support diversity and inclusion in STEM education for community college students.

Over the past two decades, the number of STEM graduates has doubled. Yet diversity in STEM remains a challenge, with underrepresented students facing barriers to entry and advancement.   Today, host Jenna Nguyen talks with education researchers Andrea Beesley and Carol Tate from SRI about the work being done to foster diversity and inclusion in postsecondary STEM education.   Beesley and Tate discuss the ongoing efforts and findings from the STEM Core Expansion Alliance , a project funded by the National Science Foundation’s Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES National Network. The initiative is aimed at supporting low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented community college students pursuing STEM careers.  Explore how community support and equitable access to education play crucial roles in addressing challenges and driving success in STEM initiatives.  Learn more about how the STEM Core Expansion Alliance is advancing STEM education for underrepresented students by visiting the STEM Core Expansion Alliance website .  Discover how the NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES National Network fosters collaboration and builds scalable, equitable STEM…

People in this episode

Host: Jenna Nguyen

Guests: Andrea Beesley, Carol Tate

Topics covered

• STEM education
• diversity in STEM
• community college support
• underrepresented students
• education research
• equitable access

Keywords

• STEM graduates
• diversity
• community college
• first-generation students
• education researchers
• math learning environments
• equitable access
• STEM initiatives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SRI Education, National Science Foundation, STEM Core Expansion Alliance, NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES National Network

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