{"id":2226563,"date":"2024-04-21T15:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-allots-2-million-to-transform-dei-in-least-diverse-stem-fields\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T15:41:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T19:41:28","slug":"biden-administration-allots-2-million-to-transform-dei-in-least-diverse-stem-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-allots-2-million-to-transform-dei-in-least-diverse-stem-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biden administration dedicates $2 million to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in underrepresented STEM fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-allots-2-million-to-transform-dei-in-least-diverse-stem-fields%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2226563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses how the \u200cNational Science Foundation, during President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200cadministration, allocated \u2062$2 million to five\u200b universities to advance diversity, equity, and\u200b inclusion in science, \u200btechnology, engineering, and\u200c mathematics fields. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amc-shares-rise-after-company-raises-over-900m-rules-out-immediate-bankruptcy-talks\/\" title=\"AMC shares rise after company raises over 0M, rules out immediate bankruptcy talks\">significant portion<\/a> of the funding \u200cis directed towards Marine and Climate Sciences, identified as\u2063 lacking diversity within STEM \u2064disciplines. \u200dYour summary effectively encapsulates the essence\u2063 of \u2063the article, highlighting the allocation of $2 million by the\u200c National Science \u2064Foundation under President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration to promote\u2064 diversity, equity, and\u2064 inclusion in STEM fields, with a notable focus\u2064 on Marine and Climate Sciences due\u200c to their diversity challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The National Science Foundation, under President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s administration, gave $2 million to help five universities bring <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>DEI<\/a> efforts into sectors of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>science<\/a>, technology, engineering, and mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>The larger effort, receiving the lion\u2019s share of the $2 million, is going toward Marine and Climate Sciences, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_2314915_4900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"described\">described<\/a> by the grant recipients as \u201csome of the least diverse STEM disciplines\u201d due to its \u201climited change in the number of black, indigenous, and people of color in MCS over the past 40 years.\u201d As a result, the sector will be studied to see how it is promoting or inhibiting further diversity. Its objective will be \u201censuring that our educational pathways yield an adequately educated and diverse corps of individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George Mason University received $1.2 million toward the study, Temple University got $400,000, the University of South Carolina got $375,000, and Salem State University rounded out the grant with $327,000. The study began in September of last year and will continue through August 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Florida International University received a $323,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_2237564_4900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"grant\">grant<\/a> to use \u201cequity metrics and reflective engagement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-to-spend-over-2-million-to-diversify-marine-biology-climate-science\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Allocates  Million for Marine Biology and Climate Science Diversity Efforts\">transform engineering classrooms<\/a> toward racial equity\u201d through July 2028. Its goal is to improve \u201cknowledge transfer connections among diverse constituencies and communities.\u201d FIU prides itself in its <a href=\"https:\/\/cec.fiu.edu\/annual-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"grant\">15th place ranking<\/a> for undergraduate engineering enrollment, as over 8,500 students pursue bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, and Ph.D. degrees there.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This comes as the NSF has <a href=\"https:\/\/tableau.external.nsf.gov\/views\/AgencyPriorityGoal\/APGInvestigatorsGoal?%3Aembed=y&#038;%3B%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"held a goal\">held a goal<\/a> of a 35% proportion of proposals featuring groups underrepresented in STEM since 2020. The year both of the above-mentioned grants were approved, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clinton-foundation-donations-hit-lowest-point-in-a-decade-down-75-since-2016\/\" title=\"Clinton Foundation Donations Hit Lowest Point in a Decade, Down 75% Since 2016\">foundation hit<\/a> its goal with a 37.1% proportion. <\/p>\n<p>These proposals were among 13,894 made in the name of investigating minorities in STEM fields. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration, the National Science Foundation allocated $2 million to support diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in STEM fields at five universities. 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