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Beyond stock stories and folktales : African Americans' paths to STEM fields /
Ask practically any academic department chair why they do not have more African Americans among its faculty members and they generally respond with stock stories or folktales, which stimulated the title of this volume, Beyond Stock Stories and Folktales . Stock stories are akin to grand narratives t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald,
2011.
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| Colección: | Diversity in higher education ;
v. 11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. The undergraduate experience ; Undergraduate institutions that foster black scientists / Frances K. Stage, Ginelle John, and Steven M. Hubbard
- African-American, academically gifted, millennial students in STEM disciplines at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) : factors that impact successful degree completion / Chance W. Lewis, Fred A. Bonner, Delores Rice, Helene E. Cook, Mary V. Alfred, Felecia M. Nave, and Sherri S. Frizell
- African American males in the Meyerhoff scholars program : outcomes and processes / Kenneth I. Maton, Freeman A. Hrabowski III, and Shauna A. Pollard
- Part II. Black males and STEM fields ; The relationship between academic self-concept and career self-efficacy among African-American males in STEM disciplines at two historically black colleges and universities : an exploratory study / Lamont A. Flowers, James L. Moore III, Lawrence O. Flowers, and Morris J. Clarke
- Postsecondary educational aspirations and expectations among school-age black males : monitoring the future of black men in STEM fields / Ivory A. Toldson and Brianna P. Lemmons
- Black men in the STEM fields at historically black colleges and universities / Marybeth Gasman
- Part III. Black females and STEM fields ; Reflecting and defying tradition : African-American women in STEM / Lindsey E. Malcom and Shirley M. Malcom
- Black women faculty at historically black colleges and universities : perspectives for a national imperative / Kelly M. Mack, Claudia M. Rankins, and Cynthia E. Winston
- Successful PhD pathways to advanced STEM careers for black women / Janet C. Rutledge, Wendy Y. Carter-Veale, and Renetta G. Tull
- Part IV. Amerliorating disparities that block the STEM pipeline ; Sense of belonging and African-American student success in STEM : comparative insights between men and women / Terrell L. Strayhorn
- Maximizing returns on public investments : mentoring African American males in STEM disciplines / P. Gayle Harris Watkins and Wynetta Y. Lee
- What type of institutions are successful at replicating the diversity of the full-time student population in the pool of bachelor's degrees awarded for STEM-disciplines? / Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe
- Part V. Completing the PhD and moving onward ; African American faculty in science and engineering : the illusion of inclusion / Cheryl B. Leggon
- Future faculty/research scientist mentoring program : proven coping strategies for successful matriculation of African Americans in computing science doctoral programs / LaVar J. Charleston and Jerlando F.L. Jackson
- Ten in 10 : a reflective examination of how a university in the south graduated 10 African American computer science Ph. D.s in 10 years / Juan E. Gilbert
- Part VI. Concluding chapter ; STEM blind spots : moving beyond stock stories and folktales / William F. Tate and Henry T. Frierson.