| Sumario: | The essay investigates the ethical principles of the responsible conduct of STEM research at Africana universities to engage those principles in discharging the ethical responsibilities of universities to their supporting communities. The model s ethical platform for ethical STEM studies follows W.E.B Du Bois 'community-based vision of historically Black college and university (HBCU) and by extension African university missions. The underlying hypothesis is that a constellation of seven program activities will (1) increase the ethical STEM research output of Africana universities and (2) ensure the broad ethical impact of that research on the under-resourced communities that justify in part Africana universities 'raison d'etre. The role of STEM faculty in preparing and supporting students, alumni, and the community is also discussed. The essay concludes with uses of appropriate ICT for the model s last three activities with emphasis on technologies for universal broadband access in underresourced communities, computation-capable cell phones, Massive Open Online Course technologies, and computer-based tutorial programs.
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