Broadening Equity Through Recruitment: Pre-College STEM Program Recruitment in Literature and Practice

Abstract

Discover how recruitment strategies for STEM programming for racially and ethnically minoritized youth can promote equity in STEM college and career pathways.

Keywords:

• High School
• Informal Education
• Advocacy
• Equity
• Interdisciplinary
• STEM

Supplemental Material

Acknowledgment

This research was funded as part of NSF INCLUDES DDLP Award 1744446: Diversifying Access to Urban Universities for Students in STEM Fields. This research was also funded as part of the NIH/NCI grant 5R25CA236620.

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Notes on contributors

Lori Delale-O’Connor

Lori Delale-O’Connor (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd) is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Alaine Allen

Alaine Allen is the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Mackenzie Ball

Mackenzie Ball is the Director of Outreach and Alumni Engagement at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

David N. Boone

David N. Boone is the Director of Hillman Academy and an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Rebecca Gonda

Rebecca Gonda is the Director of Outreach and a visiting lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh Department Biological Sciences in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Jennifer Iriti

Jennifer Iriti is a research scientist and Co-Director of Partners for Network Improvement at the University of Pittsburgh Learning Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Alison Slinskey Legg

Alison Slinskey Legg is the Director of the Broadening Equity in STEM Center and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.