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Register today! Join HEI and our co-hosts, Sloan foundation and USC Pullias Center for Higher Education, for this exciting conversation: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-stem-equity-tickets-292655730167?aff=HigherEdInsight

The Future of STEM Equity A conversation among leaders of systems change and racial equity in STEM higher education...

May the New Year bring you peace and meaning. HEI sends our best wishes for 2022!

Higher Ed Insight (HEI), with our colleague Julie Posselt, PhD, associate dean of the Graduate School at the University of Southern California, is pleased to announce the release of two research studies, commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Sloan):

•𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘔 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 (𝘣𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵)
•𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘔 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘈 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 (𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭., 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘗𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯)

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Happy Holidays from everyone at Higher Ed Insight. We hope your holidays will be filled with joy and laughter through the New Year.

In this article, journalist Liann Herder reviews HEI’s report and our colleague Julie Posselt’s report–and shares fresh insights from both Posselt and HEI’s own Tashera Gale. Several key points emerge, all of which resound with the importance of systemic change and a sector-wide approach. Anyone interested in diversity, equity, inclusion and opportunity in STEM, will find this quick read extremely worthwhile!

Learn more: https://loom.ly/YGYVDcs

We have a long way to go in making STEM fields more racially diverse and STEM opportunities more equitable–-but as HEI's own Tashera Gale and our colleague at the Sloan Foundation, Lorelle Espinosa, point out, we have a framework for getting closer. As with so much of our work at HEI, it all starts with asking powerful questions. The right questions can have transformative impacts.

Learn more: https://loom.ly/hwMztVQ

Business Manager, Rob Pagano believes in the transformative power of creativity and efficiency in the workplace, and he considers bringing his expertise to support the mission of Higher Ed Insight as a defining pleasure of his professional life.

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How is equity achieved in STEM? Our colleagues Julie Posselt and Lorelle L. Espinosa share their insights and new research on the need for systems change.

https://www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/article/15282094/to-achieve-equity-stem-needs-systems-change

To Achieve Equity, STEM Needs Systems Change Largely missing from both funding and research have been efforts to improve the system of STEM higher education.

to all our colleagues and clients today! We are grateful for the support and kindness from all of you after a year of changes and new challenges!

Our research assistant, Sylvia Otieno, joined the Education Design Lab BRIDGES cohort in Bangor, Maine, to design programs that create new pathways to postsecondary attainment and economic opportunity in rural communities. She mentions:

"Rural community colleges serve as the backbone for postsecondary education and are economic drivers of small communities across the United States."

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https://loom.ly/bLxirJg