The role of high school racial composition and opportunities to learn in students' STEM college participation

Bottía, Martha Cecilia; Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin; Giersch, Jason; Stearns, Elizabeth; Möller, Stephanie

doi:10.1002/tea.21426

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“…The most innovative companies are 27% more ethnically diverse than are bioeconomy companies. Racial diversity contributes significantly to diversity in thought and decision-making (Galinsky et al, 2015;Bradbury and Kellough, 2008;Bottia et al, 2018). The large difference observed may be attributable to the market area in which they operate and their extent of global business operations.…”

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The importance of diversity on boards of directors’ effectiveness and its impact on innovativeness in the bioeconomy

Hakovirta

Denuwara

Bharathi

et al. 2020

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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A company’s board of directors plays a critical role in making decisions relating to strategy, high-level structure, and the appointment of the CEO. The role of the board and its impact on corporate performance has been well studied; however, the diversity of the board of directors and the corresponding correlation to the level of corporate innovativeness has not been previously investigated. Here, we provide a critical analysis of board members’ diversity as it relates to innovative corporations in what is considered a mature industry in transition to a bioeconomy: the pulp and paper industry. Our findings contribute to the body of knowledge on the role of board member diversity in shaping company culture and how that drives, shapes, and sustains innovation.

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Section: Bioeconomymentioning

confidence: 99%

The importance of diversity on boards of directors’ effectiveness and its impact on innovativeness in the bioeconomy

Hakovirta

Denuwara

Bharathi

et al. 2020

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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“…Previous research has shown that school racial and socioeconomic composition have a strong association with opportunities to learn, including social and cultural capital, peer academic and behavioral norms, future expectations (Ready & Silander, 2011), access to high quality teachers (Jackson, 2009;Peske & Haycock, 2006), and the number of AP classes offered (Robinson, 2003). Importantly, these opportunities to learn have significant positive associations with students' college attendance, college achievement, and choice of college major (Anelli & Peri, 2013;Bottia, Mickelson, Giersch, Stearns, Stearns et al & Moller, 2018;Giersch, Bottia, Mickelson, & Stearns, 2016;Harris, 2010;Jackson, 2009;Teranishi & Parker, 2010). Due to secondary schools' importance for STEM preparation, we included several high school characteristics that likely are related to probability of declaring a STEM major and first-year GPA performance.…”

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Do Relative Advantages in STEM Grades Explain the Gender Gap in Selection of a STEM Major in College? A Multimethod Answer

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Bottía²,

Giersch³

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American Educational Research Journal

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Using a multimethod approach, we investigate whether gender gaps in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) major declaration in college are explained by differences in the grades that students earn in STEM versus non-STEM subjects. With quantitative data, we find that relative advantages in college academic performance in STEM versus non-STEM subjects do not contribute to the gender gap in STEM major declaration. To explore alternative explanations for gender gaps in major declaration, we analyze interviews with college seniors, finding that they recognize many other factors, including their interests in subject matter and confidence, are key in pushing them from STEM or pulling them into non-STEM majors. We conclude that future research seeking to account for gender gaps in STEM majors must extend beyond academic performance.

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“…Stakeholders consider STEM-focused schools also to be a propitious strategy for closing the racial and gender gaps in STEM "opportunities to learn" and interest gap (Lynch, Behrend, Burton, & Means, 2013;Means, Wang, Young, Peters, & Lynch, 2016). The K-12 context strongly influences the amount of knowledge and interest students have regarding STEM disciplines (Bottia, Mickelson, Giersch, Stearns, & Moller, 2017;Bottia, Stearns, Mickelson, Moller, & Parker, 2015;Bottia, Stearns, Mickelson, Moller, & Valentino, 2015), and therefore shapes, in part, the intellectual development and opportunities for future study and work in these areas. Schools with a STEM focus are expected to help produce students who are interested in science and mathematics.…”

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Boosting the numbers of STEM majors? The role of high schools with a STEM program

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This article investigates whether attending a high school that offers a specialized science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics program (high school with a STEM program) boosts the number of students majoring in STEM when they are in college. We use a longitudinal sample of students in North Carolina, whom we follow from middle school through college graduation, to estimate the effect of attending a high school with a STEM program on students' interest in STEM, odds of declaring, and chances of persisting in their intention to major in STEM. Although our multilevel models indicate that attending a high school with a STEM program has a positive association with students' STEM-related outcomes, once we control for sample self-selection through propensity score matching, we do not find evidence that attending high schools with a math and sciencefocused program significantly influences trajectories of STEM educational advantage for public school students in North Carolina. Our study concludes that perhaps even more important for college STEM success than what happens in high school is what STEM-related academic, familial, and formal/informal learning experiences the student had prior to entering high school.

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The role of high school racial composition and opportunities to learn in students' STEM college participation

Cited by 20 publications

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The importance of diversity on boards of directors’ effectiveness and its impact on innovativeness in the bioeconomy

The importance of diversity on boards of directors’ effectiveness and its impact on innovativeness in the bioeconomy

Do Relative Advantages in STEM Grades Explain the Gender Gap in Selection of a STEM Major in College? A Multimethod Answer

Boosting the numbers of STEM majors? The role of high schools with a STEM program

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