# 4 pillars of college success in science

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2013
- Speaker: Freeman Hrabowski
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Medicine and health, Engineering, Psychology and the brain, History, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/freeman_hrabowski_4_pillars_of_college_success_in_science)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

At age 12, Freeman Hrabowski marched with Martin Luther King. Now he's president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he works to create an environment that helps under-represented students -- specifically African-American, Latino and low-income learners -- get degrees in math and science. He shares the four pillars of UMBC's approach.

## Lectures

1. [4 pillars of college success in science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/freeman_hrabowski_4_pillars_of_college_success_in_science/2895188c3a18), 15 min (TED's player)