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Direct linkArchie Holmes, Editor; Kerry Brenner, Editor; Janet Gao, Editor; Committee on Equitable and Effective Teaching in Undergraduate STEM Education: A Framework for Institutions Educators and Disciplines, Contributor; Board on Science Education, Contributor; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Contributor – National Academies Press, 2025
Society will not fully benefit from development and use of future discoveries and innovations if we do not provide full access and opportunity to engage in effective STEM education -- and we may lack the information, tools, and resources needed to address future challenges facing our planet. Commonly used methods of teaching undergraduate STEM…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Teaching Methods, STEM Careers
Wilson-Kennedy, Zakiya S., Ed.; Byrd, Goldie S., Ed.; Kennedy, Eugene, Ed.; Frierson, Henry T., Ed. – Diversity in Higher Education, 2019
U.S. students exit undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs at alarming rates. Less than 50 percent of the undergraduate students who enter STEM degree programs as aspiring freshmen complete degrees in these areas. This is especially true for minorities, whose departure from STEM degree programs is often twice the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Access to Education, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation
Download full textShelley, Mack, Ed.; Kiray, S. Ahmet, Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
"Research Highlights in STEM Education" is published from the selected papers invited by the editors. This edition includes 4 sections and 13 papers from the field of STEM Education. All submissions are reviewed by at least two international reviewers. The purpose of the book is to provide the readers with the opportunity of a scholarly…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Research, Research Reports, Scholarship
Kyei-Blankson, Lydia, Ed.; Ntuli, Esther, Ed.; Blankson, Joseph, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
While online courses are said to be beneficial and many reputable brick and mortar higher education institutions are now offering undergraduate and graduate programs online, there is still ongoing debate on issues related to credibility and acceptability. There is some reluctance to teach online and to admit and hire students who have enrolled in…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods
Brewer, Elizabeth, Ed.; Ogden, Anthony C., Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2019
This volume focuses on two questions. First, how can education abroad be embedded into undergraduate education so that students experience it as an integral component of their education and something they help shape, rather than as time away from their education and as a commodity to be consumed? Second, how can colleges and universities maximize…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Undergraduate Students, Integrated Activities, Educational Experience
Carvalho, Luísa Cagica, Ed.; Daniel, Ana Dias, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Entrepreneurship education has gained considerable interest in the last decade, both in the political and academic arenas, because it fosters innovation and plays a crucial role in developing the business landscape. However, instructors are faced with challenges related to creating successful learning objectives, suitable methodologies, and…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Teaching Methods, Business Administration Education, Global Approach
Jeton McClinton Ed.; Mark A. Melton Ed.; Caesar R. Jackson Ed.; Kimarie Engerman Ed. – Diversity in Higher Education, 2015
Undergraduate Research (UGR) is any creative effort undertaken by an undergraduate that advances the knowledge of the student in an academic discipline and leads to new scholarly insights or the creation of new knowledge that adds to the wealth of the discipline. Undergraduate research is valued and encouraged at several HBCUs; however, the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Student Research, Black Colleges, Scholarship
Crystal R. Chambers, Editor; Rhonda V. Sharpe, Editor – Diversity in Higher Education, 2012
Since 1976, increased attention has been paid to the diminishing numbers of Black males in higher education, and rightly so: the total numerical enrollments of Black female undergraduates has outstripped their male counterparts by a factor of nearly 2 to 1. Since intervention, however, the enrollment growth rate among Black males (60 per cent)…
Descriptors: Females, African American Students, Womens Education, Undergraduate Students
Callender, Claire, Ed.; Scott, Peter, Ed. – Trentham Books, 2013
Reflecting the changing ideological and economic perspectives of the government of the day, the expansion of higher education in England has prompted numerous reforms aimed at reshaping and restructuring the sector and its funding. Leading to student riots and sparking some of the sharpest controversies in British higher education the reforms…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Textbook Content
A. S. Arul Lawrence, Editor; C. Barathi, Editor; P. Pandia Vadivu, Editor – Online Submission, 2015
"Efficiency in Higher Education" is a sub-system within the total education system in a country. Higher Education contributes a major role in the national development, enriching the human potential. At the same time, climbing on the pinnacles of higher education and enjoying its benefit is not an easy task to achieve for a large number…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Higher Education, Government School Relationship, Equal Education
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2007
California's Master Plan for Higher Education represented a promise, of an affordable college education, to every person who could benefit. For decades, California's lawmakers honored that promise. Rapidly increasing college fees, coupled with higher costs for room and board, books, transportation, and healthcare are pricing students out of higher…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Master Plans, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College
Duranczyk, Irene M., Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Lundell, Dana Britt, Ed. – Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, University of Minnesota, 2004
This monograph explores best practices for access and retention in higher education in programs that support the most diverse and nontraditional students on their campuses. It focuses on research, theory, and assessment in a variety of national programs. Its 14 chapters provide historic information about successful initiatives, multicultural and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, English (Second Language), Access to Education, School Holding Power
Lundell, Dana B., Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Duranczyk, Irene M., Ed.; Goff, Emily, Ed. – Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, University of Minnesota, 2007
This monograph consists of 13 chapters featuring a diverse range of perspectives centralizing student standpoints about their experiences in higher education and access programs. Chapter 1, "Student Perspectives on College Readiness" (Jeanne L. Higbee), provides the results of a survey of developmental education students regarding college…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Writing (Composition), Academic Achievement
Thomas, Gail E., Ed. – 1981
The conditions and experiences of black students in higher education in the 1970s are addressed in 27 essays. The essays are categorized in terms of: history and profile; admissions and access; enrollment, academic experience, and career choice; black higher educational survival; recruitment and retention; and structural policies. Among the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Access to Education
