Abstract

The “pipeline” model of STEM education conceives of underrepresentation by race, gender and class in terms of leaks that fail to deliver students to their destination in the science and technology workforce. But that model fails to consider the role of STEM in producing underrepresentation. This can only be solved by moving from the extractive approach of the pipeline model to a generative model in which the value produced by STEM students …

Authors

Eglash R; Babbitt W; Bennett A; Bennett K; Callahan B; Davis J; Drazan J; Hathaway C; Hughes D; Krishnamoorthy M

Book title

Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership

Pagination

pp. 132-151

Publisher

IGI Global

Publication Date

2017

DOI

10.4018/978-1-5225-2005-4.ch007

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Kathryn Jane Bennett

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences

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