How to improve college STEM education on a national level

A new report by Pullias co-director Adrianna Kezar shows how to scale improvements in STEM learning. Student-centered, evidence-based, and effective. Those are the qualities of best teaching practices that have been touted by STEM education experts for years. Yet still today, many professors have not adopted such practices in their classrooms, and STEM instruction has been reforming at a snail’s […]

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College summer programs promote students’ STEM aspirations

A new paper reveals programs that show real-life relevance of STEM inspire more students to pursue STEM careers. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF Pointing to the growing number of high-paying jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, educators have been working to encourage student interest in STEM careers. Now, a new paper reveals one powerful way to interest students in […]

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Elizabeth Holcombe: Implementing integrated comprehensive student programs in STEM

Implementing Integrated Comprehensive Student Programs in STEM: Challenges and Facilitators from the CSU STEM Collaboratives This blog post, authored by Pullias Center research assistant Elizabeth Holcombe, was originally published in the ASCN Blog, March 21, 2018. In my last post, I described the benefits of integrated support programs for underrepresented students in STEM. These integrated programs bridge organizational silos and build a unified […]

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Free Webinar: Increasing Success for Underrepresented Students in STEM

How can universities support first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented minority STEM students? Collaborating between academic and student affairs can play an important role, according to a key study by Pullias researchers. This finding comes from a three-year, eight-campus study of the California State University (CSU) STEM Collaboratives project, funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust. Elizabeth Holcombe, research assistant at Pullias Center, […]

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