Postbaccalaureate terminal degree and career choices of students who performed undergraduate research
Postbaccalaureate terminal degree and career choices of students who performed undergraduate research
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DOI：
10.1152/advan.00217.2020
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发表时间：
2021-06-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Doze, Van A.
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作者：
Sens, Donald A.;Bobylev, Mikhail;Doze, Van A.
本研究分析了参与本科研究的学生的最终学位及职业选择。在一项分析中，该研究比较了一所本科院校中基于课程的本科研究经历（CURE）与传统的非基于课程的本科研究经历之间的最终学位及职业选择。攻读本科后课程的学生选择最终学位的比例超过75%，基于课程的本科研究经历与传统研究经历之间无显著差异。对四所提供传统研究经历的本科院校的最终学位及职业选择进行分析后发现，攻读最终学位的学生数量存在显著差异。两所院校的比例>75%，而另外两所院校的学生攻读最终学位的比例<50%。在所有参与研究的本科院校中，攻读本科后课程的学生中有70%选择了最终学位。INBRE项目的本科生对医学博士学位表现出明显的偏好（73.9%对17.4%），而REU项目的学生则选择了哲学博士学位（75.0%对22.9%）。还对美洲印第安学生的职业选择进行了单独分析，结果显示他们在攻读本科后教育时对医学博士学位和哲学博士学位的偏好相同。总体而言，研究结果证明，本科生研究激发了学生在国家公民利益相关者所需领域的职业发展。
This study analyzed terminal degree and career choices of students who performed undergraduate research. In one analysis, the study compared terminal degree and career choices between a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) and traditional non-course-based undergraduate research experiences at one primarily undergraduate institution (PUI). Students who pursued postbaccalaureate programs chose terminal degrees at levels exceeding 75%, with no significant difference between a CURE experience and a traditional research experience. Analysis of terminal degree and career choices at four PUIs providing traditional research experiences showed a marked difference in the number of students pursuing terminal degrees. Two PUIs showed rates > 75%, whereas students at the other two PUIs pursued terminal degrees 70% of the students who pursued postbaccalaureate programs chose terminal degrees. INBRE undergraduates displayed a marked preference for the M.D. degree (73.9% vs. 17.4%), whereas the REU students chose the Ph.D. degree (75.0% vs. 22.9%). American Indian students were also analyzed separately for career choice and showed an equal preference for the M.D. and Ph.D. degrees when pursuing postbaccalaureate education. Overall, the results provide evidence that undergraduate student research stimulates student careers in areas needed by the nation's citizen stakeholders.