{"id":6422,"date":"2011-12-08T15:41:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T20:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=6422"},"modified":"2016-04-27T15:41:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T19:41:44","slug":"mdc-awarded-2-9-million-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-awarded-2-9-million-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"MDC Awarded $2.9 Million Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Department of Natural and Social Sciences at Miami Dade College recently received a\u00a0 Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program grant to help minority students, <br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/>especially women, earn a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics degree. <br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/>Students are expected to earn an associate in arts degree and then transfer to the Bachelor in Science in Biological Sciences degree or other STEM-focused bachelor\u2019s programs at MDC.<\/div>\n<div>The grant has a total disbursement of $2.9 million for fiscal 2012. <br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/>The Obama administration is also working to improve the quality of math and science teaching\u00a0 in the nation&#8217;s schools so that students can master challenging content, think critically in STEM-\u00a0 related subjects, and are no longer outperformed by students in other nations.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact: <br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/>MDC\u2019s Department of Natural and Social Sciences <br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/>(305) 237-6062<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Natural and Social Sciences at Miami Dade College recently received a\u00a0 Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program grant to help minority students, especially women, earn a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics degree. 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