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Becky Wai-Ling Packard - Successful Stem Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented College Students - 9781620362969 - V9781620362969
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Successful Stem Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented College Students

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Description for Successful Stem Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented College Students Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNFR; JNM; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.

Successful STEM Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented College Students is a step-by-step, research-based guide for higher education faculty and administrators who are charged with designing mentoring programs to recruit and retain students from underrepresented groups. Written by an acknowledged expert in the field of STEM mentoring, the book constitutes a virtual consultant that enables readers to diagnose the issues they face, identify priorities, and implement appropriate practices to achieve their goals.The book describes the real and perceived barriers that underrepresented students—to include women, students of color, transfer students, and first-generation college students—encounter when considering enrollment, or participating, in science courses; considers ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stylus Publishing United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
158
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781620362969
SKU
V9781620362969
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Becky Wai-Ling Packard
Becky Wai-Ling Packard is Professor of Psychology and Education at Mount Holyoke College, and has studied mentoring, diversity, and STEM persistence for 20 years. A trusted resource in the field, Packard has provided expert consulting to a variety of campuses in addition to state-level and national-level audiences. In 2005, she earned the federal government’s top honor for early career scientists, ... Read more

Reviews for Successful Stem Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented College Students
“Successful STEM Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented Students illustrates and elucidates Packard’s considerable expertise and scholarship on an enduring and, for some disciplines and education settings, a seemingly intractable set of issues. Rather than ‘tinkering around the edges’ by addressing only several variables, Packard tackles underrepresentation from the perspectives of both students and of the education system they will encounter. This ... Read more

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