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. 2021 Jun 8;118(23):e2108401118.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2108401118.

News Feature: Keeping Black students in STEM

Melissa Suran

News Feature: Keeping Black students in STEM

Melissa Suran. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Despite attempts to level the playing field, Black college students continue to leave STEM at higher rates than their White peers. Several university programs are trying to change that trend. Image credit: Dave Cutler (artist).
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Freeman Hrabowski cofounded UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program, which has had its share of success in retaining students of color in STEM. Image credit: Marlayna Demond (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD).
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