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expanding underrepresented

Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads

Author: Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP); IOM; PGA; and NAE
Published: The National Academies Press, 2011
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A New Biology for the 21st Century

Author: Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century; National Research Council
Published: The National Academies Press, 2009
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Applying New Research to Improve Science Education

Author: Carl Wieman
Published: Issues in Science and Technology, 2012
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Broadening Participation in Graduate Education

Author: Council of Graduate Schools
Published: Council of Graduate Schools, 2009
Closing the Innovation Gap

Closing the Innovation Gap

Author: Judy Estrin
Published: McGraw-Hill, 2009
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Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit

Author: Steve Olson and Jay B. Labov, Rapporteurs; Planning Comm. on Evolving Relationships & Dynamics Between Colleges & Univ.
Published: The National Academies Press, Prepublication 2012
Discipline-Based Ed. Res.: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Sci. and Eng.

Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering

Author: National Research Council
Published: The National Academies Press, 2012
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Diversity Powers Innovation

Author: Scott Page
Published: Center for American Progress
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Engagement, Capacity and Continuity: An Overview of A Trilogy for Student Success

Author: Eric J. Jolly, Patricia B. Campbell, and Lesley Perlman
Published: GE Foundation, 2004
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Evaluation Webinars

Author: UNICEF, Rockefeller Foundation and Claremont Graduate University, IOCE and DevInfo
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Experiences of Mentors Training Underrepresented Undergraduates in the Research Laboratory

Author: Amy J. Prunuske, Janelle Wilson, Melissa Walls, and Benjamin Clarke
Published: CBE-Life Sciences Education, 2013
Higher Education Gaps

Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study

Author: Terris Ross, Grace Kena, Amy Rathbun, Angelina KewalRamani, Jijun Zhang, Paul Kristapovich, Eileen Man
Published: NCES, 2012
How people learn

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

Author: National Research Council
Published: The National Academies Press, 2000
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Improving Undergraduate Learning: Findings and Policy Recommendations from SSRC-CLA Long. Project

Author: Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa, and Esther Cho
Published: Social Science Research Council (SSRC), 2011
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Is College Worth It For Me? How Adults Without Degrees Think About Going (Back) to School

Author: Carolin Hagelskamp, David Schleifer and Christopher DiStasi
Published: The Kresge Foundation, 2013
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Learning to Reason and Communicate in College: Initial Report of Findings from the CLA Long. Study

Author: Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa, Melissa Velez
Published: Social Science Research Council (SSRC), 2008
Nudge

Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Author: Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
Published: Yale University Press, 2008
Innovative Higher Ed

Organizational Learning Is Essential to Achieving and Sustaining Change in Higher Education

Author: Mary E. Boyce
Published: Innovative Higher Education, 2003
Preparing the next generation of STEM

Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators: Identifying/Developing Our Nation’s Human Capital

Author: National Science Board
Published: National Science Foundation, 2010
Promising practices

Promising Practices in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Summary of Two Workshops

Author: National Research Council
Published: The National Academies Press, 2011
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Promoting Evidence-Based Change in Undergraduate Science Education

Author: Ann E. Austin
Published: Paper Commissioned by the National Academies National Research Council Board on Science Education , 2011
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Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Author: The National Research Council
Published: The National Academies Press, 2014
Redesigning for Collaboration within Higher Education Institutions

Redesigning for Collaboration within Higher Education Institutions: An Exploration into the Developmental Process

Author: Adrianna Kezar
Published: Research in Higher Eduction 46(7), 2005
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Rethinking Scale: Moving Beyond Numbers to Deep and Lasting Change

Author: Cynthia E. Coburn
Published: Educational Researcher, 2003
rising above the gathering storm

Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5

Author: Members of the 2005 “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” Committee
Published: The National Academies Press, 2010
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Science and Engineering Indicators: 2010

Author: National Science Board
Published: National Science Foundation, 2010
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Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students

Author: Corinne A. Moss-Racusin, John F. Dovidio, Victoria L. Brescoll, Mark J. Grahama, and Jo Handelsman
Published: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science , 2012
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Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity

Author: Kimberly D. Tanner
Published: CBE—Life Sciences Education, 2013
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Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing

Author: Jane Margolis
Published: MIT Press, 2010
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Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science

Author: National Research Council
Published: The National Academies Press, 1998
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The 2011 Horizon Report

Author: L. Johnson, R. Smith, H. Willis, A. Levine, K. Haywood
Published: The New Media Consortium, 2011
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The Bridge on STEM Education: Progress and Prospects

Author: National Academy of Engineering
Published: 2013
The Commission on the Future of Graduate Education

The Commission on the Future of Graduate Education

Author: Cathy Wendler, Brent Bridgeman, Fred Cline, Catherine Millett, JoAnn Rock, Nathan Bell, Patricia McAllister
Published: Council of Graduate Schools and Educatonal Testing Service, 2010
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The Course of Innovation: Using Technology to Transform Higher Education

Author: Ben Miller
Published: Education Sector, 2010
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The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century

Author: National Research Council
Published: The National Academies Press, 2004
LSC Guide

The LSC Guide: Planning for Assessing 21st Century Spaces for 21st Century Learners

Author: Jeanne Narum, Ed.
Published: The Learning Spaces Collaboratory (LSC), 2013
The Oxford Handbook of Innovation

The Oxford Handbook of Innovation

Author: Jan Fagerberg (Editor), David C. Mowry (Editor), Richard R. Nelson (Editor)
Published: Oxford University Press, 2006
time is the enemy

Time is the Enemy: 2011 National Report

Author: Complete College America
Published: Complete College America, 2011
unlocking clubhouse

Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing

Author: Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher
Published: MIT Press, 2003
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Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education

Author: Carol A. Brewer and Diane Smith, Editors
Published: AAAS, 2011
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Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do

Author: Claude M. Steele
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2011
why so few

Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Author: Catherine Hill, Christianne Corbett, Andresse St. Rose
Published: AAUW, 2010