An Evaluation of the Georgia Tech Summer Undergraduate Program of Research in Electrical Engineering for Minorities
An Evaluation of the Georgia Tech Summer Undergraduate Program of Research in Electrical Engineering for Minorities
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佐治亚理工学院少数族裔电气工程夏季本科研究项目的评估
DOI：
10.1002/j.2168-9830.1998.tb00360.x
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发表时间：
1998
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
G. May
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作者：
Rebecca L Morley;John J. Havick;G. May
本文介绍和评估的有效性，旨在吸引合格的少数民族学生进入研究生院电气工程的暑期本科研究计划。这个为期八周的计划招募学生至少初级本科站在全国范围内，并将他们与教师和研究生导师配对进行研究。研究活动在格鲁吉亚理工学院的电气与计算机工程学院和国家科学基金会工程（NSF）低成本电子封装研究中心进行。从1992年至1995年，共有47名学生参加了这一方案。其中36名参与者接受了电话采访，以获得有关该计划影响的定性和定量信息。调查结果表明，92%的计划参与者目前正在就读研究生课程，计划在未来两年内就读研究生院，或者已经完成了研究生学位。与来自全国黑人工程师协会（NSBE）校友成员的对照组相比，发现计划参与者更有可能攻读高级学位，并且比非参与者更有可能继续他们的工程研究。此外，参与者报告的起薪高于非参与者。总体而言，对该计划的态度是积极的，数据表明，GT‐SUPREEM确实对学生参与者产生了重大影响。
This paper describes and evaluates the effectiveness of a summer undergraduate research program designed to attract qualified minority students into graduate school in electrical engineering. This eight‐week program recruits students of at least junior‐level undergraduate standing on a nationwide basis and pairs them with faculty members and graduate student mentors to undertake research. The research activities are conducted in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and National Science Foundation Engineering (NSF) Research Center in Low‐Cost Electronic Packaging at the Georgia Institute of Technology. From 1992–1995, a total of 47 students participated in this program. Thirty‐six of these participants were interviewed by phone to obtain qualitative and quantitative information about the program's impact. The findings indicate that 92% of the program participants are either currently enrolled in a graduate program, plan to attend graduate school in the next two years, or have completed a graduate degree. In comparison to a control group of individuals drawn from the membership of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) alumni, it is found that program participants are more likely to pursue advanced degrees and more likely than non‐participants to continue their studies in engineering. In addition, participants report higher starting salaries than non‐participants. Overall, attitudes toward the program are positive, and the data suggests that GT‐SUPREEM does have a significant impact on the student participants.