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Latina and Latino Students in STEM
New Report Highlights Negative Impact of Debt on Graduate Enrollment in STEM for Latino Students
The Center for Urban Education's new report "Reducing Undergraduate Debt to Increase Latina and Latino Participation in STEM Professions" examines the borrowing patterns of undergraduate students and the relation of that debt to enrollment in graduate school. Underrepresented students, particularly Latino students, borrow at higher rates to pay for undergraduate degrees, which limits their ability to invest in graduate and professional schools. Controlling undergraduate debt through financial aid policy can increase the number of Latino students who become scientists, engineers, and mathematicians by enabling them to continue to invest in their education beyond the bachelor’s degree.
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Implementing the Equity Scorecard in Theory and Practice
In a new book, "Confronting Equity Issues on Campus: Implementing the Equity Scorecard in Theory and Practice," co-editors Estela Mara Bensimon and Lindsey Malcom discuss the theory behind the Equity Scorecard™, an organizational learning and change model designed to assist colleges in creating equitable outcomes for underserved student populations. The Equity Scorecard™ process involves the formation of institutional evidence teams that look at disaggregated student performance data, examine classroom and campus practices, and use the results to develop interventions that will improve outcomes for minority students.
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University of Wisconsin Campuses Share Success Stories
Eau Claire Honors Program Makes Leap in Student Diversity
On February 10th, 2012 the University of Wisconsin (UW) Eau Claire's Honors Program received the 2012 Board of Regents' Diversity Award in the Team Category-the first of its kind.The award recognizes "institutional change agents who have had a significant impact in promoting equity" and shows "exactly how the Equity Scorecard can be used to change institutional practices," according to the award letter from the Board of Regents' president and the chair of the Board of Regents Diversity Awards Committee.
(L-R) Dr. David Jones, Dr. Jeff Vahlbusch, and Regent Charles Pruitt Faculty and staff from UW Eau Claire began working with CUE in 2008 and examined multicultural student participation in its honors program as part of their Equity Scorecard™ work. Read more in CUE's winter newsletter. -
The Equity Scorecard™
Reducing Equity Gaps
Last fall, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) retained CUE for a two-year, $1 million project to increase access and success for minority students enrolled at its fourteen universities. Through CUE's signature Equity Scorecard™ process, researchers will assist the PASSHE universities in developing equity indicators and benchmark goals that will help them increase access and graduation rates for historically underserved student populations.
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Congratulations Graduates!
Graduates at the Center for Urban Education Graduation Celebration
Congratulations to Dr. Alicia C. Dowd and Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon's graduates!
Pictured (left to right, back): Kenechukwu Mmeje, Tomas Aguirre, Erin Vines, John Lee, Christiane Woerner, Svetlana Levonisova, (left to right, front): Dr. Alicia Dowd, Lee Ann Cornell, Celena Alcala, Rashitta Brown-Elize, Thamichelvi Subramaniam, Peggy Smith
Publications
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Reducing Undergraduate Debt to Increase Latina and Latino Participation in STEM Professions
A new report from the Center for Urban Education examines the borrowing patterns of undergraduate students and the relation of that debt to enrollment in graduate school. May 2012
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Confronting Equity Issues on Campus: Implementing the Equity Scorecard in Theory and Practice
Confronting Equity Issues on Campus: Implementing the Equity Scorecard in Theory and Practice discusses the theory behind the Equity Scorecard™, an organizational learning and change model designed to assist colleges in creating equitable outcomes for underserved student populations Spring 2012
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Theoretical Foundations and a Research Agenda to Validate Measures of Intercultural Effort
A Review of Higher Education journal article written by Dr. Alicia C. Dowd, Misty Sawatzky and Randi Korn on the need for surveys to measure intercultural efforts on campus. Fall 2011
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Using Data and Inquiry to Build Equity-Focused College-Going Cultures
Brief written by Tiffany Jones, Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon, Dr. Tia McNair and Dr. Alicia C. Dowd on the findings and insights from the Student Success Toolkit Demonstration Project at two Boston Public High Schools. September 2011
CUE News
- Reducing Undergraduate Debt to Increase Latina and Latino Participation in STEM Professions
- Jones Presents at Great Teachers Conference, Highlighting Data and Inquiry to Create Equity
- Los Medanos College honored for its implementation of the Center for Urban Education's Equity Scorecard
- CUE Co-Director and 5 Doctoral Students Presenting at AERA
- Confronting Equity Issues Book Featured by Chronicle of Higher Ed