Ohio loses $4.7 million NSF program for minorities in STEM education

Future of STEM Workforce in Jeopardy Amid NSF Overhaul

The National Science Foundation says major budget cuts, restructuring and priority changes are designed to build a more robust STEM workforce. But experts say the changes, which include axing education-related programs, will have the opposite effect. Erik Jacobsen, an associate professor of mathematics education at Indiana University, was nearing the end of a years-long project designed to address teacher biases with the goal of helping more stu…

Ohio loses $4.7 million NSF program for minorities in STEM education

Ten Ohio colleges including CSU and Tri-C had their Louis Stokes Alliance funding cut on May 2, effecting mentoring and research opportunities for underrepresented students.

Science without diversity? The consequences of defunding equity programs

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) was shocked to learn on April 2 that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is cutting its Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program. According to FASEB, this program has supported 193 scholars and five organizational centers during the past four-year funding period.  The elimination of the MOSAIC program threatens to undermine …