The Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) is designed to effect long-range improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the flow of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into scientific and technological careers.

The social media and technologies toolkit has been updated. Educational mobile app suggestions, Google+ tips and more!

Go to: http://cadrek12.org/resources/tools/social-media-and-technologies-toolkit

Advancing Research on Youth Motivation in STEM

New Commerce Department Report Shows Fast-Growing STEM Jobs Offer Higher Pay, Lower Unemployment

National Science Education Leadership Association / A Framework for K-12 Science Education

What: Public briefing to release A Framework for K-12 Science Education

When:   Tuesday, July 19, 2011 1:00 p.m.*

Where:  Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, 525 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

(directions at http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/visitor/dandp.jsp)

National Science Board Requests Comments on Draft NSF Merit Review Criteria

More than 5,100 individuals responded to a National Science Board task force when it requested input on the criteria that is used to evaluate proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation.  Now the task force is asking the science community to review proposed clarifications to the two criteria. Comments are to be submitted by July 14.