{"id":11057,"date":"2018-06-20T09:02:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=11057"},"modified":"2022-03-22T12:06:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:06:06","slug":"inclusive-science-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/inclusive-science-math\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant to Foster Inclusive Science, Math Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kalamazoo College has been awarded a $1 million, five-year grant to participate in a nationwide quest to find ways to better serve students from demographic groups that are underrepresented in science and mathematics<\/a>. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced that K will be one of 33 colleges chosen<\/a> for the Inclusive Excellence initiative. Efforts under the initiative will focus on closing what biology<\/a> professor Jim Langeland \u201986, who will lead the program, calls the \u201cpersistence gap.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has announced that Kalamazoo College will be one of 33 colleges chosen for the Inclusive Excellence initiative.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

K is attracting talented students from a variety of backgrounds who are traditionally underrepresented in higher education, including students of color, first-generation college students and students from low-income families. Those students enroll in roughly proportionate numbers in introductory science and math courses. In the long run, however, they are more likely than students from more privileged circumstances not to continue in those fields, said Langeland, \u00a0Upjohn Professor of Life Sciences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like our senior major classes in the science field to look like our incoming classes in terms of demographics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Associate Provost Laura Lowe Furge, Roger F. and Harriet G. Varney Professor of Chemistry, said K will use the HHMI grant to take a three-fold approach:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Developing culturally competent faculty and staff who are better able to connect with the varied backgrounds and value systems of students.<\/li>\n
  • Revising introductory science and math curriculum to integrate career guidance, emphasize shared concepts among disciplines and enhance academic support centers.<\/li>\n
  • Revising hiring, tenure and promotion policies to reward cultural competency and inclusive practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Langeland said the first approach of the initiative will be addressed by expanding the College\u2019s existing training in recognizing systemic and often unconscious racism and bias.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe\u2019ve been diversifying our student body and the idea is that there are institutional barriers to access and we\u2019re trying to eliminate those,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

    The second part of the initiative will seek to provide students taking entry-level science and math courses with clearer entry points to those disciplines and guidance to potential careers, he said.<\/p>\n

    \u201cOne of the things we have identified is that we think there are a lot of aspects of our curriculum that are hidden\u2014things that we assume students know and can navigate without being explicit about them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

    Some students come to K steeped in that knowledge, gained from family members or teachers at high-achieving schools, Langeland said; others need a \u201croadmap\u201d to follow because the route is unfamiliar.<\/p>\n

    Bringing accomplished alumni into classrooms is another way to help students understand the possibilities for careers in science and math, he said.<\/p>\n

    In the third approach, the Kalamazoo College Provost\u2019s Office will work with faculty on ways to reward professors for developing skills that help ensure diversity and student success, Langeland said.<\/p>\n

    Kalamazoo College President Jorge G. Gonzalez said the HHMI grant recognizes K\u2019s existing commitment to inclusiveness and will build momentum for efforts to achieve that goal.<\/p>\n

    \u201cTalent comes in many forms, and our mission is to recognize and nurture it in the most effective ways,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are proud to have the most diverse student body ever at Kalamazoo College, and we firmly believe that with the help of our dedicated faculty and staff, we can ensure that our liberal arts curriculum and our historic strength in sciences and mathematics will provide access to those professions for all students.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Kalamazoo College has been awarded a $1 million, five-year grant to participate in a nationwide quest to find ways to better serve students from demographic groups that are underrepresented in science and mathematics. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced that K will be one of 33 colleges chosen for the Inclusive Excellence initiative. Efforts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":11059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233,235,5],"tags":[53,52,50,6,51,142],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-11057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-institutional-announcements","category-news-releases","tag-biochemistry","tag-biology","tag-chemistry","tag-grants","tag-math","tag-physics"],"yoast_head":"\r\nInclusive Science, Math Programs at K to Benefit from $1M Grant<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kalamazoo College has been awarded a $1 million, five-year grant to participate in a nationwide Inclusive Excellence initiative.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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five-year grant to participate in a nationwide quest to find ways to better serve students from demographic groups that are underrepresented in science and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/mathematics\/\">mathematics<\/a>. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/news\/33-schools-support-diversity-and-inclusion-campus-through-2018-hhmi-inclusive-excellence\">K will be one of 33 colleges chosen<\/a> for the Inclusive Excellence initiative. Efforts under the initiative will focus on closing what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/biology\/\">biology<\/a> professor Jim Langeland \u201986, who will lead the program, calls the \u201cpersistence gap.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11059\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11059\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/06\/cMUMMA1150-Inclusive-Science-and-Math-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"Two Students in Science lab for Inclusive Science and Math story\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has announced that Kalamazoo College will be one of 33 colleges chosen for the Inclusive Excellence initiative.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>K is attracting talented students from a variety of backgrounds who are traditionally underrepresented in higher education, including students of color, first-generation college students and students from low-income families. Those students enroll in roughly proportionate numbers in introductory science and math courses. In the long run, however, they are more likely than students from more privileged circumstances not to continue in those fields, said Langeland, \u00a0Upjohn Professor of Life Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like our senior major classes in the science field to look like our incoming classes in terms of demographics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Provost Laura Lowe Furge, Roger F. and Harriet G. Varney Professor of Chemistry, said K will use the HHMI grant to take a three-fold approach:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing culturally competent faculty and staff who are better able to connect with the varied backgrounds and value systems of students.<\/li>\n<li>Revising introductory science and math curriculum to integrate career guidance, emphasize shared concepts among disciplines and enhance academic support centers.<\/li>\n<li>Revising hiring, tenure and promotion policies to reward cultural competency and inclusive practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Langeland said the first approach of the initiative will be addressed by expanding the College\u2019s existing training in recognizing systemic and often unconscious racism and bias.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been diversifying our student body and the idea is that there are institutional barriers to access and we\u2019re trying to eliminate those,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The second part of the initiative will seek to provide students taking entry-level science and math courses with clearer entry points to those disciplines and guidance to potential careers, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things we have identified is that we think there are a lot of aspects of our curriculum that are hidden\u2014things that we assume students know and can navigate without being explicit about them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Some students come to K steeped in that knowledge, gained from family members or teachers at high-achieving schools, Langeland said; others need a \u201croadmap\u201d to follow because the route is unfamiliar.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing accomplished alumni into classrooms is another way to help students understand the possibilities for careers in science and math, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the third approach, the Kalamazoo College Provost\u2019s Office will work with faculty on ways to reward professors for developing skills that help ensure diversity and student success, Langeland said.<\/p>\n<p>Kalamazoo College President Jorge G. Gonzalez said the HHMI grant recognizes K\u2019s existing commitment to inclusiveness and will build momentum for efforts to achieve that goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalent comes in many forms, and our mission is to recognize and nurture it in the most effective ways,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are proud to have the most diverse student body ever at Kalamazoo College, and we firmly believe that with the help of our dedicated faculty and staff, we can ensure that our liberal arts curriculum and our historic strength in sciences and mathematics will provide access to those professions for all students.\u201d<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11057"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18210,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11057\/revisions\/18210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11057"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=11057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}