Evaluating a science diversity program at UC Berkeley: more questions than answers.
Evaluating a science diversity program at UC Berkeley: more questions than answers.
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10.1187/cbe.02-10-0050
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2003-01-01
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Kane, Caroline M
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Matsui, John;Liu, Roger;Kane, Caroline M
在过去的三十年里，人们非常关注开发多元化项目，旨在提高代表性不足的少数族裔的学术成功，主要是在数学、科学和工程领域。然而，少数族裔在科学专业和职业中的代表性仍然不足。在过去的 10 年里，生物学者计划 (BSP) 是加州大学伯克利分校 (UC) 的一项多元化计划，致力于提高生物科学专业学生的参与度和成功率。对项目内外学生的定量比较表明，无论种族/民族，BSP 学生获得生物学学位的毕业率都明显高于非 BSP 学生。此外，从统计数据来看，BSP 学生的高中平均绩点 (GPA) 和学业成绩测试 (SAT) 分数低于非 BSP 学生。加入 BSP 的非裔美国人和西班牙裔学生毕业时，加州大学伯克利分校生物学 GPA 分别显着高于非 BSP 的非裔美国人和西班牙裔学生。尽管 SAT 成绩低于非 BSP 学生，但 BSP 的大多数学生（亚裔和白人）在毕业时的 GPA 统计数据与 UC 相似。尽管 BSP 学生比非项目成员更能成功地完成生物学学位，但结果引发了一系列关于该项目为何有效以及为谁服务的问题。
For the past three decades, much attention has been focused on developing diversity programs designed to improve the academic success of underrepresented minorities, primarily in mathematics, science, and engineering. However, ethnic minorities remain underrepresented in science majors and careers. Over the last 10 years, the Biology Scholars Program (BSP), a diversity program at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, has worked to increase the participation and success of students majoring in the biological sciences. A quantitative comparison of students in and out of the program indicates that students in BSP graduate with a degree in biology at significantly higher rates than students not in BSP regardless of race/ethnicity. Furthermore, students who are in BSP have statistically lower high school grade point averages (GPAs) and Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) scores than students not in BSP. African-American and Hispanic students who join BSP graduate with significantly higher UC Berkeley biology GPAs than non-BSP African-American and Hispanic students, respectively. Majority (Asian and White) students in BSP graduate with statistically similar UC GPAs despite having lower SAT scores than non-BSP majority students. Although BSP students are more successful in completing a biology degree than non-program members, the results raise a series of questions about why the program works and for whom.