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Making Black Scientists
A Call to Action
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Marybeth Gasman
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English
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2019
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Historically black colleges and universities are adept at training scientists. Marybeth Gasman and Thai-Huy Nguyen follow ten HBCU programs that have grown their student cohorts and improved performance. These science departments furnish a bold new model for other colleges that want to better serve African American students.
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In order for our nation to compete in the twenty-first century, everyone with an interest in pursuing a career in STEM must have the fullest possible opportunity to receive a high-quality education. Gasman and Nguyen reveal the practices and policies that have been proven to be successful in guiding African American students to success in STEM education. It is imperative that academic institutional leaders and faculty take their recommendations seriously.
-- John Brooks Slaughter, University of Southern California
-- John Brooks Slaughter, University of Southern California
If Gasman and Nguyen’s recommendations are widely implemented, they will lead to greater success in increasing the number and the racial diversity of the nation’s scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and doctors—an important and noble goal.
-- Louis Sullivan, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Founding Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine
-- Louis Sullivan, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Founding Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine
The culture of science today may privilege individuality and competition as it dreams of meritocracy, but Gasman and Nguyen’s compilation of lessons from faculty in HBCUs present another way—one of creating equity through institutional responsibility and generosity, and of rethinking success in how we serve Black students.
-- Julie Posselt, author of Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping
-- Julie Posselt, author of Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping
This important book shatters myths about African American students in science. A stellar contribution and a must-read for those determined to increase Black access and success in STEM.
-- Walter R. Allen, University of California, Los Angeles
-- Walter R. Allen, University of California, Los Angeles
Provides a roadmap of actions within individual faculty members’ control and sustenance for students, faculty, and administrators engaging in the struggle for racial justice in STEM education.
-- Donna Riley Science
-- Donna Riley Science
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Introduction: Race, Racism, and American Higher Education
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1. The State of STEM in the United States
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2. Institutional Responsibility
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3. Peer-to- Peer Support and Intellectual Generosity
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4. Messages and Examples of Inherent Inclusivity
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5. Students’ Needs over Faculty Members’ Needs
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6. Same-Gender, Same-Race Faculty Role Models
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7. A Culture of Family
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8. An Agenda for the Future of STEM
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Concluding Thoughts
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Appendix. The Study
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Notes
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Acknowledgments
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Index
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