STEM Toolkit
With the rapidly growing Latina and Latino student population, it is time to envision equity—in access and success—in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
Unless colleges and universities are able to successfully enroll and graduate more Latina and Latino STEM majors, the country will face a shortage of skilled STEM professionals. Read more about this issue by accessing articles here.
CUE’s STEM Toolkit features tools that help colleges and universities reflect on how institutional practices and resources, as well as individual actions and behaviors, affect Latina and Latino student success.
Resulting from CUE’s NSF funded study Pathways to STEM Bachelor’s and Graduate Degrees for Hispanic Students and the Role of Hispanic-Serving Institutions, the toolkit develops competencies that facilitate Latina and Latino student success in STEM by helping both campus evidence teams and individuals understand the issues facing these students.
The tools are most effective when they are used by a team of people representing different segments of a college: faculty, student affairs, STEM programs, institutional research, transfer, and academic affairs. This cross-functional collaboration encourages organizational learning which can lead to campus-wide change. We encourage you to examine the tools and then start assembling a campus team to take a more in-depth look at the issue.
CUE is available to facilitate use of the toolkit on your campus as part of an Equity Scorecard™ process focused on STEM fields. Click here to learn about the Equity Scorecard™ process and CUE’s services.
Featured Presentation:
Dr. Alicia C. Dowd's presentation on Becoming Institutional Change Agents in STEM at the 2011 NSF STEP Grantees Meeting.
Who Should Use the Toolkit?
- Instructors
- Administrators
- Counselors
- Campus leaders
It can also help Hispanic Serving Institutions (those with at least 25% Latino enrollment) become more effective at meeting the academic needs of their students. Every practitioner on every campus has the potential to become an institutional agent.
Some ways you can use the toolkit at your institution:
- Equity and Diversity Initiatives
- Strategic Planning
- Professional Development Workshops
- Departmental/Staff Meetings
- Accreditation Self-Study Components
- Program Evaluations
- Leadership Development