“Never be afraid to make some noise and get into good trouble, necessary trouble.” – John Lewis In recent years, the landscape of college admissions has been undergoing a significant transformation. From rapid-paced emerging technologies and skills-based learning trends to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on ending the use of racial categories in college admissions,…
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NACAC's Journal of College Admission features STEM PUSH: Pre-college STEM programs teach students about scientific inquiry, research, and much more. Yet many of these out-of-school programs that are equity-focused often aren’t considered in college admission because there’s too much variability across programs for admission offices to evaluate. A national alliance called the STEM PUSH Network is working to change that.
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The STEM PUSH Network convened almost 40 pre-college STEM programs in Pittsburgh for its bi-annual sharing and networking event. The theme, Roots and Branches, focused on deepening and institutionalizing the work (roots), and expanding STEM PUSH’s reach and impact (branches). Over the course of two and a half days, educators from Florida to California, offered…
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September 2024 Newsletter STEM PUSH understands the power of strategic communications and storytelling in sustaining, scaling, and growing our mission of ensuring opportunity for Black, Latina/o/e, and Indigenous students in STEM. Over the last four years, STEM PUSH has made storytelling and strategic communications a key strategy to move systems change in college admissions. In…
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The STEM PUSH Network is excited to join four NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES-funded alliances and the NSF Coordination Hub for an important webinar discussion on how Improvement Science can be leveraged and adapted for equitable systems change in STEM. The Aug. 30th National Network Quarterly Webinar will showcase the transformative work of four…
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Developing competencies that matter in STEM are important for programs to nurture in students as they prepare for their futures. This is important for pre-college STEM programs and the youth they serve, as well as the larger system. The STEM PUSH Networked Improvement Community (our learning engine) is testing key areas of improvement – like…
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STEM PUSH publishes its evidence-based tools and stories of improvement to support pre-college STEM leaders, guidance counselors, college admissions professionals, and more. These resources are based on research, best practices from the field, and findings from our Networked Improvement Community (NIC). The NIC is our learning engine where almost 40 pre-college STEM programs are testing…
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In a major achievement for greater equity in post-secondary STEM, six STEM PUSH pre-college STEM programs (PCSPs), have earned a first-of its kind accreditation from Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS). Accreditation validates the demonstrated progress STEM PUSH is making in broadening access in STEM for Black, Latina/o/e, and Indigenous students.…
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Pittsburgh, PA (April 30, 2024) – The STEM PUSH Network has reached a major milestone in its goal of increasing equity in higher education admissions, as the first cohort of STEM PUSH Pre-College STEM Programs (PCSPs) has earned first-of its kind accreditation from Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS). The accreditation…
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From Ohio to Florida, to California, to Oregon, pre-college STEM programs from around the nation gathered in Pittsburgh for the Spring 2024 STEM PUSH convening. Over three and a half days, Network members shared strategies for sustaining equity work in an increasingly challenging political environment. In this newsletter, we recap some of the highlights of…
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