Community Colleges and STEM (eBook, PDF)

Examining Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Redaktion: Palmer, Robert T.; Wood, J. Luke

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As United States policymakers and national leaders are increasing their attention to producing workers skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), community colleges are being called on to address persistence of minorities in these disciplines. In this important volume, contributors discuss the role of community colleges in facilitating access and success to racial and ethnic minority students in STEM. Chapters explore how community colleges can and do facilitate the STEM pipeline, as well as the experiences of these students in community college, including how psychological factors, developmental coursework, expertiential learning, and motivation affect student success. Community Colleges and STEM ultimately provides recommendations to help increase retention and persistence. This important book is a crucial resource for higher education institutions and community colleges as they work to advance success among racial and ethnic minorities in STEM education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 247
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136743160
• Artikelnr.: 39189578

Autorenporträt

Robert T. Palmer is Assistant Professor of Student Affairs at the State University of New York-Binghamton, USA. J. Luke Wood is Assistant Professor of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary Education at San Diego State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Pathways to Success: The Role of Community Colleges in Promoting
Access to Minorities in STEM
Chapter 1: Community Colleges and Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic
Minorities in STEM Education: A National Picture, Xueli Wang
Chapter 2: The Impact of State Policy on Community College STEM Programs,
Pamela Eddy and Tiffany Pugh
Chapter 3: The Need for Integrated Workforce Development Systems to Broaden
the Participation of Underrepresented Students in STEM-related Fields,
Victor Hernandez-Gantes & Edward C. Fletcher Jr
Part II: A New Dimension to the Discourse on Minority Students, STEM, and
Community Colleges
Chapter 4: An Expectancy-Value Model for the STEM Persistence of Ninth
Grade Underrepresented Minority Students, Lori Andersen & Thomas J. Ward
Chapter 5: The Effect of Non-Cognitive Predictors on Academic Integration
Measures: A Multinomial Analysis of STEM Students of Color in the Community
College, Marissa Vasquez Urias, Royel M. Johnson, & J. Luke Wood
Chapter 6: STEMming the Tide: Psychological Factors Influencing Racial and
Ethnic Minority Students' Success in STEM at Community Colleges, Terrell L.
Strayhorn, Michael Steven Williams, Derrick L. Tillman-Kelly, & Marjorie
Dorimé-Williams
Chapter 7: The Propensity to Avoid Developmental Math in Community College:
A Focus on Minority Students, Bobbie Everett Frye & Kelly D. Smith
Chapter 8: Moving Beyond the Barrier of Mathematics and Engaging Culturally
Relevant Pedagogy in the Classroom for Racial and Ethnic Minority STEM
Students in Community Colleges, Denise Yull
Part 3: Examining the Experiences of Minority Students in Community
Colleges: Diverse Contexts Chapter 9: Minority Serving Community Colleges
and the Production of STEM Associate Degrees, Frances King Stage, Ginelle
John, Valerie C. Lundy-Wagner & Katherine Mary Conway
Chapter 10: Creating Successful Pathways for Asian Americans and Pacific
Islander Community College Students (AAPIs) in STEM, Dina C. Maramba
Chapter 11: Constraints and Opportunities for Practitioner Agency in STEM
Programs in Hispanic Serving Community Colleges, Megan M. Chase, Estela
Mara Bensimon, Linda Shieh, Tiffany Jones, & Alicia C. Dowd
Chapter 12: Achieving Success: A Model of Success for Black Males in STEM
at Community Colleges, Robert T. Palmer & Zachary M. DuBord