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Mentoring Matters: Building Social Capital as the Bridge to Success

STEM Next

STEM role models help strengthen important outcomes for kids, including increased positive attitudes about STEM, increased positive STEM identities, and increased STEM career knowledge. Prioritize youth who may need additional support to realize their dreams in STEM. Create lasting relationships.

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What Image Comes to Your Mind When You Think of a “Doctor”?

National Science Foundation

About 90% of STEM teacher graduates from our UTA teacher certification programs, the largest being the undergraduate UTeach Arlington program , are from diverse, economically disadvantaged school districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex, where they return to teach.

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