Carleton Selected to Participate in $50 Million Science Education Initiative

Carleton College is one of 47 small colleges and universities nationwide to earn a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) grant that will enable the schools to work together to create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students, and increase the diversity of students who study science.

The four-year, $1 million grant will support the project Towards an Integrative STEM Education: Strengthening Transfer and Application of Learning.

In making the award, HHMI described its grant to Carleton as a “capstone” award, recognizing the College’s sustained excellence and important contributions to undergraduate science education. “There is an enormous trove of know-how and wisdom at these schools, and we would like to see how that information can be shared more broadly,” said David J. Asai, director of HHMI’s precollege and undergraduate program. “We are looking forward to seeing how the Capstone awardees can provide leadership to some of the other grantees who are new to HHMI, as well as to advise HHMI about our efforts in undergraduate science education.”

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