The Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN), a network formed with the goal of advancing STEM education programs, will hold the”Transforming STEM Education at Hispanic Serving Institutions” symposium April 3-5 in Pittsburgh, PA. On the panel will be Guadalupe I. Lozano, Office of the Provost/Mathematics at The University of Arizona (UA) and other UA representatives.
Lozano earned her Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in 2004. She trained as a theoretical mathematician and did research in the geometry of dynamical systems before focusing her work on knowledge measurement within the field of mathematics education.
Previously an assistant professor at the University of Michigan and research fellow at the University of New Mexico, Lozano returned to Arizona five years ago. She has a passion for interventions that foster problem-solving and critical thinking.
According to ASCN, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded a total of 11 national conferences to inform the design of their new Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program. Higher education institutions earning the HSI designation now account for 15% of all non-profit, degree-granting institutions.
The University of Arizona, an early supporter of the ASCN, held a working conference that brought together faculty, students, and administrators from 42 Southwestern HSIs, including 37 HSIs and five emerging HSIs, to identify gaps, opportunities, and key recommendations for transforming STEM education at HSIs.
The ASCN symposium on HSIs will highlight themes encompassing focus areas that emerged from their analyses of conference transcripts. The major themes are:
(1) Advising, mentoring, and non-academic support systems
(2) STEM academic structure and related support systems
(3) Evidence-based pedagogies
(4) Equity, diversity, and culturally responsive practices
(5) Research experiences and high impact practices, and
(6) Serving Hispanic students at HSIs.
Click here for more information on the proposed 90-minute symposium.
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