The Disruptor

Promoting research on inclusive STEM ecosystems for faculty, students, and the greater undergraduate community. Below, you will find our latest blog entry and a complete archive of our posts. Enjoy!

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  • Advancing Physics Education Where Diversity Resides: The Organization for Physics at Two-Year Colleges (OPTYCs)

    Caption: Cohort 1 of the Creating Environments that Reach Every Student Program. Participants sort ideas during a brainstorming session. St. Louis, Jan. 2025.O…

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  • A Place Where I Can Belong: Investment in a Learning Community for Community College Transfer Students in the Marine Geosciences

    Community college students are untapped human and research capital.

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  • Change Strategies and Tools to Support STEM Faculty’s Enactment of Equitable, Student-Centered Instruction

    (Caption: BETTER in STEM Cohort 1 Faculty at the Summer 2023 Workshop)IntroductionThere is a shortage of highly qualified STEM professionals in the United Stat…

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  • Levers for Change 2023: Enacting a National Agenda for Undergraduate STEM Education

    View the full report here: Levers for Change: Enacting a National Agenda for Undergraduate STEM EducationFrom July 30 to August 1, 2023, the American Associati…

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  • Community Colleges: Catalysts for Building and Diversifying the STEM Ecosystem

    Video Caption: Expanding access to our community.In the last two decades, the United States has grappled with the challenge of preparing, diversifying, and exp…

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  • Racial Equity in the STEM Math Pathway: Designing for Disproportionate Benefit

    We all need to redouble efforts to advance racial equity in the STEM math pathway on our campuses by intentionally designing for positive benefit.

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