March 20, 2017
Open Online Event, March 20-27, Features 36 Launch Projects Aimed at Broadening Participation in STEM
March 20, 2017
Thirty-six projects funded by the National Science Foundation’s INCLUDES initiative are showcasing their work to broaden participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) March 20-27, http://includes2017.videohall.com. In the interactive, online, NSF INCLUDES Video Showcase, project leaders share three-minute videos and engage in discussions about their project’s goals, strategies, and potential impact. The public is invited to view the videos and engage in the online discussion with project presenters.The NSF INCLUDES initiative (Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science), » Read more
March 18, 2017
Students Partner with Professionals to Build New Software Tool
Source Newsroom: Associated Universities, Inc.
March 8, 2017
Contact:Ken Mayerken_mayer@terc.edu617.873.9670
If intelligent life without sight exists on some distant planet in our galaxy, these lifeforms would still explore the universe; how? This is a guiding question for Innovators Developing Accessible Tools for Astronomy (IDATA), a new research initiative supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation – STEM + Computing Partnerships (STEM+C) Program. » Read more
February 15, 2017
A Pathway Perspective on Expanding the Participation of Women in IT
Saturday, February 18, 2017: 3:00 PM-4:30 PMRoom 203 (Hynes Convention Center)
Speaker:Mia Ong, TERC
Agency of Women of Color in Computing: Strategies for Persistence and SuccessComputing is a discipline in which women, especially women of color, are severely underrepresented. Drawing upon data from over 20 interviews with women of color students and professionals in computing, this talk illuminates how women of color are innovative agents in the strategies they utilize to navigate and persist in their discipline. » Read more
September 13, 2016
Program aims to broaden participation in STEM at national scale, with initial awards totaling nearly $14 million
September 13, 2016
Contact:Ken Mayerken_mayer@terc.edu617.873.9670
Cambridge, MA —The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued its first-ever awards for the NSF INCLUDES program, a comprehensive initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in science and engineering by broadening participation in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). NSF INCLUDES (Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science) aims to improve access to STEM education and career pathways at the national scale, » Read more
August 15, 2016
Education Research CollaborativeTERCCambridge, MA
The Education Research Collaborative (ERC) at TERC, a not-for-profit research and development institution focusing on education in STEM fields, in Cambridge, MA, invites applications for a two-year residential research fellowship. The fellowship program is focused broadly on transformative research on teaching and learning that intentionally seeks to expand formal and/or informal educational opportunities for children, youth and adults from historically underrepresented communities. We are particularly interested in work focused in the sciences, » Read more