Professor and Chair Mathematics and Computer Science Department Coppin State University Glenn Dale, Maryland, United States
Program Abstract: COVID-19 has disproportionally affected African American and other minority communities in the United States. In Baltimore, Maryland, the low-income student population was forced to support their own well-being. At Coppin State University, which had a 100 percent footprint policy of face-to-face classroom instruction, the state of teaching and learning has changed. Many questions evolved, such as, Has undergraduate education changed to better prepare students for their professions and lives? Will the undergraduate education in the new COVID-19 normal prepare all STEM students to use scientific thinking and skills in their lives and careers, regardless of race, ethnicity, and culture? In this presentation, participants will learn what the future STEM education framework brings for the educator and STEM students, as the presenter shares findings of a symposium report on imaging the future of undergraduate STEM education, developed by the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.
