Dear UCLA Graduate Students and Postdocs, The UCLA Entering Mentoring Training (EMT) Program seeks to develop a mentoring ethos by providing leadership, mentorship, and diversity sensitivity training to graduate students […]
The National Science Board released the biennial Science and Engineering Indicators report, a compilation of statistics and analyses on the global R&D landscape, including education, public attitudes to science, and […]
A new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data takes a broad-based look at the STEM workforce from 1990 to 2016 based on an analysis of adults ages […]
A new study, co-led by postdoctoral associate and SI alumna Cissy Ballen at the University of Minnesota and Shima Salehi at Stanford University, found that unexpected influences underlie gender gaps […]
Students try harder, and learn more, when your grading includes rewards, not just punishments. [READ MORE]
Cathy N. Davidson shares what she wishes she had known when she started teaching active learning courses. [READ MORE]
Research reveals that labs are more effective when their goal is to teach experimental practices rather than to reinforce classroom instruction. [READ MORE]
The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment has released the results of a survey of provosts at 811 colleges on their thoughts about the assessment of student learning. Backed by […]
The project, known as SEMINAL: Student Engagement in Mathematics through an Institutional Network for Active Learning, has been led by San Diego State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder […]
Theories abound as to why women remain underrepresented in many fields. A new study says that perceived gender bias in a given discipline is the primary criterion women use for […]
