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Portland State University has received nearly $5 million from the National Science Foundation to improve access to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for underrepresented students and to pay them a living wage The five-year project will work to reduce the urban-rural...

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BUILD EXITO, a Portland State University program to help diverse, underrepresented students become research scientists, will graduate its largest cohort to date this June. The 52 students completed the three-year BUILD EXITO program while pursuing their bachelor’s degrees in biomedical,...

A new Portland State University study suggests that the likelihood of a child being classified with an educational disability depends on the characteristics of their school and how distinctive they are from their peers. The study, published in the journal Society and Mental Health, found...

Portland State University ranks in the top 4 percent nationally for graduating the most foreign-language majors, a testament to the strength of our language programs. With 135 majors, PSU ranked 30th in the country out of 925 four-year colleges and universities in awarding the most bachelor's...

A Portland State University math professor has received a portion of a $2 million grant to refine and study whether a new tool can help math teachers be more effective in the classroom. The project, "Using Technology to Capture Classroom Interactions (UTCCI): The Design, Validation and...

A group of Portland State University students recently returned from a five-day oceanographic research expedition off the coast of Oregon with more than 175 specimens collected from the deep sea and an experience that few undergraduate students will ever have. The opportunity for the field...

A new Portland State University study found that graduate students are on board with wanting to adopt interactive teaching methods but often don't get the training or support they need from their institutions to do so. Research has shown that students may benefit more from the use of student-centered...

A new Portland State University study suggests that the disproportionate placement of racial minorities into special education for learning disabilities is largely because of social inequities outside of schools rather than racially biased educators. Some attribute the overplacement to...

Portland State University this fall will begin offering the state's first bachelor's degree in Indigenous Nations and Native American Studies, an effort years in the making. The Indigenous Nations Studies program, which is housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' School of Gender,...

A Portland State University professor has received a $3.3 million federal grant to study the impact of an early-learning program aimed at improving children's readiness for kindergarten and later grades. PSU College of Liberal Arts and...

A new Portland State University study suggests that universities should do more to invest in training graduate students in 21st century teaching methods, and that doing so does not mean that they would be any less prepared for a career in research. ...