The Dissertation Institute: Motivating doctoral engineering students toward degree completion
The Dissertation Institute: Motivating doctoral engineering students toward degree completion
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论文研究所：激励工程博士生完成学位
DOI：
10.1109/fie.2016.7757508
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2016
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S. Adams
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作者：
I. Hasbun;H. Matusovich;S. Adams
数据显示，由于毕业之路漫长、艰辛和不确定，美国的博士生，特别是那些来自代表不足的群体的博士生，在获得学位之前离职的比例很高。这个由美国国家科学基金会资助的研究项目的主要目标是为博士学位研究所提供一种实用和及时的经验，以解决与缩短学位时间和提高学位完成率密切相关的问题，重点是未被充分代表的少数族裔学生(非洲裔美国人、土著美国人、太平洋岛民美国人和拉美裔美国人)。该项目是一项混合方法、多年和多阶段的研究，将为来自服务不足人群的学生创造机会，聚集在一起，参与为他们的利益而设计的干预措施。指导该项目的框架是埃克尔斯的预期价值理论(EVT)。这项进行中的工作将描述整个项目和到目前为止的进展。我们目前处于该项目的第一阶段。指导第一阶段的研究问题是：从教职员工/管理人员和学生的角度来看，什么成功和价值信念支持和阻碍了工程学科中未被充分代表的少数民族学生完成博士学位？调查结果将为第二阶段研究所的设计提供信息并提供便利。
Data show that doctoral students in the United States, particularly those from underrepresented groups, are leaving at high rates before obtaining a degree because of the long, arduous and uncertain road to graduation. The primary goal of this NSF-funded research project is to offer the Dissertation Institute: a practical and timely experience for doctoral students in engineering disciplines to address issues germane to shortening time-to-degree and increasing degree completion rates, with emphasis upon underrepresented minority students (African American, Native American, Pacific Islanders American and Hispanic American). The project is a mixed-method, multi-year and multi-phased study that will create the opportunity for students from underserved populations to come together and participate in an intervention designed for their benefit. The framework guiding the project is Eccles' Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT). This work-in-progress will describe the overall project and the progress to date. We are currently in Phase 1 of the project. The research question guiding Phase 1 is: From the faculty/administrator and student perspectives, what success and value beliefs support and hinder the completion of the doctoral degree for underrepresented racial minority students in engineering disciplines? Findings will inform and facilitate the design of the Institutes in Phase 2.