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If we're going to make real strides toward #diversityinSTEM and a strong #STEMworkforce, we have a lot to unpack - issues of access, representation, cultural relevancy, bigotry, etc. Something I don't think is discussed enough: weed-out culture in academia. #AcademicChatter (1/n)
Among students in pursuing STEM degrees at my university, the idea of a "weed-out class" was universally recognized. Most students could name a particularly difficult lower-division class that acted as a gatekeeper for students who "couldn't handle" the degree program. (2/n)
For the biology degree program I was in, BIO 181 and CHM 116 were the weed out classes. They covered an absurd amount of material very quickly, often from research professors who struggled to contextualize content outside of their existing academic schemas. (3/n)
