
Higher Ed Insight (HEI), with our colleague Julie Posselt, PhD, associate dean of the Graduate School at the University of Southern California, is pleased to announce the release of two research studies, commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Sloan):
โข๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด (๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต)
โข๐๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐.๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ: ๐ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ (๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ., ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ)
We invite you to access the reports HERE.
Both reports reflect the need for the philanthropic and higher education communities to ask hard questions about their approaches to diversity, equity, inclusion, and related issues in STEM higher education.
As national conversation advances in this area, and as funders and institutions of higher education seek to deepen their impact, research and evidence-backed inputs are more essential than ever in determining best practices and investments at the individual, programmatic, and systemic levels.
Our own Tashera Gale, HEI Director of Evaluation Services, and Lorelle Espinosa, Sloan Program Director, co-authored an opinion essay drawing from this new research, exploring โhow philanthropy has fallen short in its effort to make STEM more diverseโ on Inside Philanthropy.
Also pulling from the research, Dr. Espinosa and Dr. Posselt of USC reflected that “To Achieve Equity, STEM Needs Systems Change” (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education).
Additionally, Liann Herder, staff writer at Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, also wrote about the studies in a piece titled, โSloan Foundation Reports Reveal Individual, Not Systemic Changes in STEM Research and Funding.โ
We expect the new reports to provide the foundation for an ongoing conversation. If youโd like to share some thoughts or ask us any questions, please CONTACT US.