November 2022 Newsletter In STEM PUSH, the networked improvement community (NIC) is our learning engine. Pre-college STEM programs try out small changes to their programming and gather data about whether these changes are leading to improvements in how well they serve Black, Latino/a/e, and/or Indigenous students. Photo Courtesy of CSUEB MESA Over time, the “tests…
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Racial equity in STEM is the primary motivator behind the STEM PUSH Network and is at the center of all we do. As we seek to support Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students in gaining admission to STEM in higher education, our overarching goal has equity at its core. To do our work, we had to…
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In STEM PUSH, the networked improvement community, or NIC, is our learning engine. Precollege STEM programs try out small changes to their programming and gather data about whether these changes are leading to improvements in how well they serve Black, Latinx, and/or Indigenous students. Over time, the “tests of change” that individual programs conduct help…
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Pre-college STEM programs (PCSPs) serve an important role for students in their STEM journeys. These programs connect students with the scientific community by engaging in high-quality STEM content such as cutting-edge research, or the latest engineering practices, experiences that students cannot get in their schools. Students learn important, transferable, skills like problem solving, experimental design,…
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STEM PUSH Convening: July 2022 Newsletter The STEM PUSH Network hosted our first national in-person convening, STEM PUSH UnZoomed, from April 26-29. We were excited to welcome 31 PCSP representatives from 24 STEM PUSH programs in all seven of our Ecosystems to Pittsburgh, in addition to our NSF Program Officer and members of our…
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STEM PUSH was started to increase participation of Black, LatinX and Indigenous students in undergraduate STEM majors by addressing the high school to college STEM access barrier. We saw high achieving, minoritized students who had participated in our Pre-College STEM programs (PCSPs) denied admission into undergraduate STEM programs. We knew that the skills, abilities and…
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