HHMI's Inclusive Excellence initiative aims to help increase the capacity of colleges and universities to effectively engage all students so that they can be successful in science, especially undergraduates who enter four-year institutions via nontraditional pathways.
A third of U.S. first-year college students intending to study STEM are underrepresented minorities (green). But only one-sixth of STEM baccalaureate degree recipients (turquoise) and one-tenth of STEM PhDs (blue) are underrepresented minorities.
HHMI's Inclusive Excellence initiative's broad objective is to help colleges and universities to encourage participation and cultivate the talent of students in the natural sciences.