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Recent Books about STEM in Higher Education
Intersectionality and Higher Education by Call Number: MH Stacks LC212.42 .I57 2019
Culturally Responsive Strategies for Reforming STEM Higher Education by Call Number: AC Frost Stacks Q183.3.A1 C858 2019
Broadening Participation in STEM by Call Number: MH Stacks Q183.3.A1 B756 2019
Teaching STEM to First Generation College Students by Call Number: AC Frost Stacks LC4069.6 .H72 2019
Making Black Scientists by Call Number: AC Frost Stacks Q149.U5 G37 2019
Required Books for the Course
The Privileged Poor by Call Number: AC Science reserves LC210.5 .J33 2019Getting in is only half the battle. The Privileged Poor reveals how--and why--disadvantaged students struggle at elite colleges, and explains what schools can do differently if these students are to thrive.
Resilience and Success by Call Number: AC Science reserves Q149.U5 C637 2013Resilience and Success charts the education and career trajectories of African American women scientists and sheds light as to why young African American females drop off the science map in high school.
Recording Oral History by Call Number: AC Frost Reserves D16.14 .Y68 2015Recording Oral History, now available in its third edition, provides a comprehensive guide to oral history for researchers and students in diverse fields including history, sociology, anthropology, education, psychology, social work, and ethnographic methods.
