Scholarly work addressing diversity in STEM Education has been increasingly under attack, in the media at large and through personal attacks on faculty members and colleagues.  Read more here regarding this issue, and for resources to combat such attacks,  from the American Society for Engineering Education

There is a persistent shortage of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty who are involved in basic biomedical research at medical schools.  Read here about suggested interventions to address this issue.  

'Dancing Backwards in High Heels' Study finds female professors experience more work demands and special favor requests, particularly from academically "entitled" students. Read the rest of the article here.

This free webinar series will explore major themes from the NSF-supported TUEE (Transforming Undergraduate Engineering Education) Phase III workshop, Voices on Women’s Participation and Retention. Each webinar offers tools to broaden female participation and retention. Webinar topics include encouraging men to serve as gender equity allies, inspiring and developing mentors and role models, and how to [...]

Graduates with math degrees fare well on the job market, but a greater share of students leave the major than any other, new federal data show. Are those students making a bad choice? Click here for the full article.