Widening higher education participation has resulted in efforts directed towards increasing
higher education access. However, inequality in higher education completion continues to …

STEM careers are among the fastest growing and highest paid occupations throughout the
world. However, persistent social inequities in STEM domains emerge early for Black and …

Background To address social disparities and generate an innovative workforce,
engineering higher education should provide learning environments that benefit students …

Background The higher education literature is replete with deficit-based studies of first-
generation college students. By thinking of students' social relationships as embedded …

Background Community cultural wealth, or the types of cultural capital that students of color
employ, has been used to understand the persistence of students of color in engineering …

Background Black women are underrepresented in engineering and face barriers as a result
of their race and gender. While existing research often focuses on strategies Black women …

An individual's sense of themselves as a “STEM person” is largely formed through
recognition feedback. Unfortunately, for many minoritized individuals who engage in STEM …

College students who interact with professors and peers about academic matters have
better college outcomes. Although institutional factors influence engagement, prior …

Background According to a growing body of research, many Latinas/os experience
dissonance between their everyday cultural practices and the cultural practices prevalent in …

Though engineering is often perceived as a pathway of upward mobility in the United States,
very little is known about the experiences of undergraduate engineering students who come …