Inclusive workforce development in US stem fields: a comprehensive review

O Popo-Olaniyan, OA Elufioye, FC Okonkwo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - fepbl.com
This paper reviews the current landscape of inclusivity efforts within the United States' STEM
workforce, focusing on the persistent challenges hindering diversity. The lack of diversity in …

Female peer mentors early in college have lasting positive impacts on female engineering students that persist beyond graduation

DJ Wu, KC Thiem, N Dasgupta - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Expanding the talent pipeline of students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM has
been a priority in the United States for decades. However, potential solutions to increase the …

The influence of expressive and instrumental social capital from parents on women and underrepresented minority students' declaration and persistence in …

E Puccia, JP Martin, CAS Smith, G Kersaint… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Social capital, defined as the people one knows and the resources available
through that network of people, has been a key variable in research examining the …

End of the road? The career intentions of under-represented STEM students in higher education

B Wong, YLT Chiu, ÓM Murray, J Horsburgh - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background The analogy of the leaky pipeline has been used to describe STEM education,
with lower student diversity from compulsory to post-compulsory education and beyond …

The role of minoritized student representation in promoting achievement and equity within college STEM courses

N Bowman, C Logel, J Lacosse, EA Canning… - AERA …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In the context of continued equity gaps in student success within and beyond STEM, this
paper explored the extent to which the representation of underrepresented racial minority …

The role of prosocial attitudes and academic achievement in peer networks in higher education

J Brouwer, MC Engels - European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2022 - Springer
After the transition to university, students need to build a new peer network, which helps
them to adapt to university life. This study investigated to what extent students' prosocial …

Photovoice: Visualizing the engineering identity experiences of sophomore students

JA Henderson, BL McGowan, J Wawire… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Researchers have shown that students leave undergraduate engineering
programs during the first 2 years. Justifiably, many studies have tried to tackle engineering …

Asset-based approaches to engineering design education: A scoping review of theory and practice

H Budinoff, V Subbian - 2021 - repository.arizona.edu
Asset-based practices in engineering education are intentional ways of acknowledging and
leveraging strengths of students, including their everyday experiences, knowledge, and …

Examining how social networks influence women and under-represented minority students' pursuit of engineering in university: when, who, and how?

H Wao, G Kersaint, CAS Smith… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Women and under-represented minority (URM) students continue to be under-
represented in STEM and earn the lowest proportion of undergraduate engineering …

Circle of success—An interpretative phenomenological analysis of how Black engineering students experience success

JA Henderson, W Junqueira… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Though minoritized undergraduate engineering students earn less than 25% of
engineering bachelor's degrees, minority‐serving institutions (MSIs) are leading the way in …