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Cottrell Scholar Program Generating Changes in U.S. Higher Education Program
Dan Huff | January 28, 2013 |
Cottrell Scholar Keivan Stassun, a Vanderbilt University professor of physics and astronomy, says his RCSA grant was instrumental in the launch of the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program. The program has triggered a revolution in the way science doctoral programs at research institutions support underrepresented minority students.
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Television Ads for Math and Science
James M. Gentile | January 07, 2013 | Huffingtonpost
What a welcome sight during the holidays: national television advertisements for improving America's student performance in math and science, aired during football games! In the midst of holiday shopping, who would have thought we'd be encouraged to take such action? Yet there's arguably nothing more important for America to buy...
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Gender Bias and the Sciences
James M. Gentile | November 08, 2012 | Huffington Post
Two recent studies shed important empirical light on gender bias in the sciences and should be cause for great scrutiny and reflection by America's universities and colleges. Our nation's continued preeminence in science and technology will depend on engaging the best and the brightest, regardless of gender -- or of...
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Accepting the Challenge of Continued U.S. Science Leadership
James M. Gentile | September 12, 2012 | Huffington Post
Science and technology have fueled America's standing as a global superpower, and the millions of jobs that flow from that leadership. Yet the place of science in America's future is publicly debated now perhaps more than at any time since the Scopes Trial of 1925 -- the landmark legal case...
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Leading Scholar-Educators Address Undergraduate Science Education
James M. Gentile | July 19, 2012 | Huffington Post
Award-winning scholar-educators from leading U.S. research universities convened in Tucson, AZ, from July 11th to 13th to address the challenge of improving undergraduate science education. The event was the annual conference of the Cottrell Scholars Collaborative -- an organization composed of recipients of the Cottrell Scholar Award. The Award, which...
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STEM Solutions Summit 2012: Focusing on the Gaps
James M. Gentile | July 06, 2012 | Huffington Post
An extraordinary event took place from June 27 to 29 in Dallas, where the U.S. News STEM Solutions Summit 2012 brought together about 800 CEOs and other leaders concerned with improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in America. I had expected it to be a helpful, if familiar,...
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Norman Augustine: Science Leader Recognized for Character Education
James M. Gentile | June 29, 2012 | Huffington Post
The Character Education Partnership, a national nonprofit organization led by business and educational leaders, recently announced that Norman R. Augustine has been chosen to receive its 2012 American Patriot of Character award -- to be presented in Washington, DC in November. No one deserves it more, as Norm Augustine has...
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Cottrell Scholar Keivan Stassun Changes the face of U.S. science
Dan Huff | June 25, 2012
Keivan Stassun, A Vanderbilt University professor of astrophysics, says his RCSA Cottrell Scholar’s grant was instrumental in the launch of the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge program. It has triggered a revolution in the way science doctoral programs at research institutions deal with potential candidates.
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Carl Wieman and the Challenge of Science Education
James M. Gentile | June 15, 2012 | Huffington Post
Carl Wieman, the Nobel-Prize-winning physicist who has been a key science official in the White House since 2010, has resigned from his government post for personal reasons. His departure provides an opportunity to reflect on his contributions in government as well as academia. Fortunately, he was one of the world's...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Initiative Promotes Science Education
James M. Gentile | May 31, 2012 | Huffington Post
In February the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a report, titled "Engage to Excel," that highlights America's need to produce 1 million additional college graduates over the next decade with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). In late May the Howard Hughes Medical...
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PCAST Report: Launching the U.S. to Greater STEM Heights
James M. Gentile | February 17, 2012 | Huffington Post
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a report on Feb. 7 on how to produce 1 million additional college graduates over the next decade with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It's an important report that should serve as a launching pad for...
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