STEM professors’ beliefs on intelligence may widen the racial achievement gap
Racial minorities can suffer lower grades if their teachers see intelligence as fixed

GET SMART STEM professors who believe that intelligence can’t be changed may unknowingly lower the academic performance of all students, and underrepresented minority students in particular, a new study finds.
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