Patching the Pipeline: Reducing Educational Disparities in the Sciences Through Minority Training Programs
Patching the Pipeline: Reducing Educational Disparities in the Sciences Through Minority Training Programs
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DOI：
10.3102/0162373710392371
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发表时间：
2011-03-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Serpe, Richard T.
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作者：
Schultz, P. Wesley;Hernandez, Paul R.;Serpe, Richard T.
40多年来，全国一直在齐心协力促进科研群体的多样性。然而，鉴于不同族裔和种族群体的学生在教育成就方面存在持续的全国性差异，这些项目的成效受到了质疑。当前的研究报告了一项纵向研究的结果，该研究涉及由美国国立卫生研究院资助的一个全国性少数族裔培训项目所支持的学生以及一个倾向得分匹配的对照组。使用分层线性模型进行的增长曲线分析表明，得到“科学卓越研究倡议”支持的学生更有可能坚持从事科研事业的意向。此外，增长曲线分析表明，本科研究经历（而非有导师指导）可预测学生在科学领域的坚持度。
For more than 40 years, there has been a concerted national effort to promote diversity among the scientific research community. Yet given the persistent national-level disparity in educational achievements of students from various ethnic and racial groups, the efficacy of these programs has come into question. The current study reports results from a longitudinal study of students supported by a national National Institutes of Health-funded minority training program, and a propensity score matched control. Growth curve analyses using Hierarchical Linear Modeling show that students supported by Research Initiative for Science Excellence were more likely to persist in their intentions to pursue a scientific research career. In addition, growth curve analyses indicate that undergraduate research experience, but not having a mentor, predicted student persistence in science.