Harrynauth Persaud
Barriers to Scholarship Among Health Profession Faculty at a Public Institution of Higher Learning
Medical science educator
pipeline highly trained stem science technology engineering mathematics professionals narrowed recent decades forcing society reexamine schools discovering developing stem talent particular concern finding rural students attend postsecondary schools lower rates urban counterparts attend less likely graduate stem programs one reason may prepared advanced stem coursework lack access essential stem talentdevelopment programs middle high school creates excellence gaps exacerbate narrowing stem pipeline workforce address formed universityschool partnership develop outsideofschool stem talent development program called stem excellence rural middleschool students attend underresourced schools aim stem excellence increase students achievement aspirations empowering teachers develop local stem programs grounded developmental psychology theories stem excellence integrated talent development megamodel principles ability domains talent opportunity psychosocial variables stem excellence also recognized interplay multiple personenvironment systems presented bioecological systems model