Sentences with phrase «meyerhoff scholars program»
A good example of a comprehensive intervention program that recruits and trains underrepresented undergraduate students in STEM is the Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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Penn State and the University of North Carolina get money to copy successful Meyerhoff Scholars Program in Maryland
The Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), has become the gold standard for providing a path into academic research for groups — African - Americans, Hispanics, and disadvantaged white students — now underrepresented in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields.
The Meyerhoff Scholars Program has enjoyed similar support from the top at UMBC.
Although many more students of color are pursuing graduate degrees in science and technology than 30 years ago, the stereotype that minorities aren't successful in these fields remains, according to LaMont Toliver, director of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County (UMBC).