Friday, August 03, 2012

Schools Producing Latino STEM Graduates Highlighted in Report

Schools Producing Latino STEM Graduates Highlighted in Report: Institutions that produce the most Latino graduates in the STEM fields were singled out for recognition Thursday in a report hailed as a guide for other colleges and universities that are looking to achieve similar results.

“The message here is we need to use this report as evidence to drive our practices,” said Laird Kramer, founding director of the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University.

Kramer was referring to “Finding Your Workforce: The Top 25 Institutions Graduating Latinos in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) by Academic Level – 2009-10.”

The report was produced by Excelencia in Education, a D.C.-based policy and analysis organization that focuses on issues of Hispanic success in higher education.