STEM
Tim’s Tips: Remediation for Remedial Math
Remediation for Remedial Math Inside Higher Education May 9, 2012 – 3:00am By Mitch Smith Too many students are failing their remedial math classes, and those who succeed often have little use for the advanced algebra on which those classes focus…. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/05/09/texas-community-colleges-reinvent-developmental-math
Tim’s Tips: For Women to Think Mathematically, Colleges Should Think Creatively
April 15, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education For Women to Think Mathematically, Colleges Should Think Creatively By Theodore P. Hill and Erika Rogers The dearth of women in the so-called hard—meaning mathematically intensive—sciences in the United States has spawned a veritable industry. Hundreds of research papers have been published, hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren [...]
Tim’s Tips: Pregnancy and Science Careers
Pregnancy and Science Careers Inside Higher Education April 4, 2012 – 3:00am By Sue V. Rosser In graduate school, I was directed toward a dissertation topic on fossil rodents based primarily at the Field Museum in Chicago. My major professor assumed that I would not want to go to Africa for dissertation field research as [...]
Tim’s Tips: Community Colleges Should Urge Women to Pursue Science and Math Careers, Report Says
March 20, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Community Colleges Should Urge Women to Pursue Science and Math Careers, Report Says By Jennifer González Not enough women at community colleges—especially low-income students and those with children—are studying for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math, which are among the nation’s fastest-growing fields, according to a [...]
Tim’s Tips: 21 Colleges Win Grants to Study What Helps Minority Ph.D. Students in Sciences Succeed
March 15, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education 21 Colleges Win Grants to Study What Helps Minority Ph.D. Students in Sciences Succeed By Stacey Patton It’s not news that black, Hispanic, and Native American Ph.D. students complete doctoral programs at lower rates than do their Asian and white counterparts. Comprehensive efforts to measure and improve [...]
Tim’s Tips: Work-Life Balance Is out of Reach for Many Male and Female Scientists
March 8, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Work-Life Balance Is Out of Reach for Many Male and Female Scientists By Audrey Williams June A survey of scientists and researchers working in countries across the globe has found that both women and men find work-life balance elusive as they toil away at institutions they don’t [...]
Tim’s Tips: Colleges Are Urged to Cooperate to Bring More Women and Minorities Into Science
February 27, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Colleges Are Urged to Cooperate to Bring More Women and Minorities Into Science By Paul Basken Two leading science and educational advocacy groups set out a strategy Monday for producing more science and engineering graduates by bringing research universities into student-centered alliances with two-year, liberal arts and [...]
Tim’s Tips: Gender Equity on Science Faculties Might Have to Wait a Century, Study Finds
February 16, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Gender Equity on Science Faculties Might Have to Wait a Century, Study Finds By Robin Wilson It could take nearly 100 years before half of all professors in science and engineering are female, according to an article out on Friday in the journal Science. The assertion is [...]
Tim’s Tips: Survival Factor
Survival Factor Inside Higher Education February 17, 2012 – 3:00am By Kaustuv Basu Half of all tenure-track faculty members in the science and engineering disciplines leave their research universities within 11 years of being hired, according to a study released in the journal Science Thursday. The study tracked 2,966 assistant professors at 14 research universities…. [...]
Tim’s Tips: Gender Equity on Science Faculties Might Have to Wait a Century, Study Finds
February 16, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Gender Equity on Science Faculties Might Have to Wait a Century, Study Finds By Robin Wilson It could take nearly 100 years before half of all professors in science and engineering are female, according to an article out on Friday in the journal Science. The assertion is [...]