Transforming the Science Education Enterprise to Broaden Opportunities: How MSIs Are Leading the Charge

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This presidential session provides key lessons on how to transform the science education enterprise in order for all students to be successful in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medicine (STEMM) fields. The session centers Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), institutions traditionally understudied and overlooked, as holders and producers of transformative knowledge that advances inclusive science and systemic change to broaden opportunities. The panel involves an intergenerational team with extensive experience leading and generating research on nationally funded large-scale institutional transformation projects that together have been funded by over $50 million from public agencies, private foundations, and industry.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Anne-Marie Nunez, University of Texas - El Paso

Participants

• Edwin J. Perez, University of Texas - El Paso

• Román Liera, Montclair State University

• Felisha Herrera, San Diego State University

Discussants

• Daniel Gilbert Solorzano, University of California - Los Angeles

• Sylvia Hurtado, University of California - Los Angeles