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A high-resolution realistic image depicting the concept of expanding horizons in STEM education. The image includes various elements associated with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The picture is brimming with textbooks, lab equipment, 3D geometrical shapes, digital devices, and abstract symbols representing algorithms or mathematical equations. It visualizes the idea of limitless possibilities, showing paths extending into a horizon filled by symbols and icons of STEM disciplines. Diverse students—a Caucasian female, a Hispanic male, a Black female, a Middle-Eastern male, a South Asian female, and a White male—engage with these components, exploring and innovating amidst this advancing educational landscape.

Expanding Horizons in STEM Education

A dynamic program is revolutionizing the landscape of STEM education by creating more opportunities for aspiring astrophysicists and astronomers from two-year colleges to seamlessly transition to four-year institutions. Known as the Students Teams of Astrophysics Researchers — Undergraduate Pathways (STARS-UP), this innovative
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