Rethink Summer Student Research
Rethink Summer Student Research
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DOI：
10.1126/science.1209555
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发表时间：
2011-10
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
Franklin A. Carrero-Martínez
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作者：
Franklin A. Carrero-Martínez
由于每年夏天顶尖学生转学到其他学校，为少数族裔学生服务的机构的研究和培训可能会受到影响。对于学术研究人员和教育工作者来说，夏季往往是一年中生产力最高的时期之一。不幸的是，在许多为大量少数族裔（URM）提供服务的少数族裔服务机构（MSI）中，夏季往往会带来“人才流失”，从而有可能削弱开展研究的能力。暑期研究项目 (SRP) 招收 MSI 的学生，在研究密集型大学度过一个暑假。 SRP 可以让学生接触到他们在家庭 MSI 中无法轻松获得的资源和经验。 SRP 对主办机构的好处包括帮助实现许多资助者所要求的一些“更广泛的影响”（即非研究，如教育和推广）。 MSI 教师可能会从 SRP 学生带回的技能中受益。但这种人才流失可能会削弱 MSI 教师有效教授研究技能和培养多元化学生人才的能力。
Research and training at institutions serving minority students may suffer as top students leave for other schools each summer. For academic researchers and educators, summer months are often among the most productive times of year. Unfortunately, at many minority-serving institutions (MSIs) that serve a high proportion of underrepresented minorities (URMs), the summer often brings a “brain drain” that threatens to erode capacity for conducting research. Summer research programs (SRPs) recruit students from MSIs to spend a summer working at a research-intensive university. SRPs can expose students to resources and experiences they may not as easily access at their home MSI. Among benefits to host institutions, SRPs help fulfill some “broader impacts” (i.e., nonresearch, such as education and outreach) that are required by many funders. MSI faculty may benefit from skills the SRP students bring back. But this brain drain can undermine the ability of MSI faculty to effectively teach research skills and to develop talent among a diverse pool of students.