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Tag: STEM

Best Practices to Promote the Success of Students of Color: Insights From a New Type of Climate Survey

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Frontiers in Education (2026) Authors: Kamila Redd, Kevin Kennedy, Markus Brauer Abstract:  Despite attempts to promote inclusion in STEM, disparities in belonging, academic achievement, and experiences of discrimination persist between students of color and their White peers. In alignment with the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation’s (LSAMP) focus to better understand the factors contributing to …

Study Finds that Wage Gaps are More Likely When College Degrees and Jobs Don’t Align

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Gender and racial inequalities continue to shape the opportunities college graduates have when they enter the workforce. A new study by Institute for Diversity Science (IDS) Affiliate Ran Liu and Graduate Fellow Thao Phuong Pham finds that horizontal mismatch, or working in a job outside one’s field of study, is an important driver of wage …

Christy Starr’s Work Helps Parents Who Didn’t Go to College Motivate Their Children in STEM Classes

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  A new special report in Education Week profiles IDS Affiliate Christy Starr‘s research looking at how parents who didn’t attend college themselves can better support their children’s motivation for STEM coursework. Starr, an assistant professor in the UW-Madison Department of Educational Psychology, studies how parental support can impact students’ motivation in STEM. The challenge is multifaceted. …

Diversity Science Podcast: Jo Handelsman on How We Can Better Mentor Students in STEM

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In this episode, Dr. Jo Handelsman talks with Angela Byars-Winston about how her work as a molecular biologist can offer insights into issues of human diversity and how we can do a better job mentoring minoritized students in STEM disciplines. Handelsman is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …