[22] There is no legal definition of national minorities in international law, though protection of minority groups is outlined by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons...
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In Fostering Success of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in STEM, well-known contributors share salient institutional characteristics, unique aspects of climate, pedagogy, and programmatic...
In Fostering Success of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in STEM, well-known contributors share salient institutional characteristics, unique aspects of climate, pedagogy, and programmatic...
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Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., seems like the last place you'd find a great technological discovery. After all, the college campus is in the heart of a rural Pennsylvania borough where you can find "free hitching" for buggies and lots of Old Order Amish shops. But appearances can be deceiving. In 2008 36% Westminster's graduating class received their degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (known colloquially as STEM)--and unusually, more of those STEM graduates were women than men. ...
DISCUSSION ; Previous research on LGBT students in STEM fields have suggested that these students would be retained in STEM at rates lower than their heterosexual peers (21–23, 41); this study has supported this hypothesis with a national, longitudinal sample of students. Descriptively, 7% fewer sexual minority students were retained in STEM fields than their heterosexual peers after 4 years in college, and this likelihood increases to nearly 10% when controlling for other factors that support retention in STEM. Previous studies have also pos ...
Underrepresented minorities have made modest gains in STEM over the last several decades, but their progress has been extremely slow and in some areas has stalled. We need to strengthen efforts to...
Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities have historically been underrepresented in the science and engineering (S&E) enterprise. The report Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities, and Perso...