Supporting STEM in Higher Education
Supporting STEM in Higher Education
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支持高等教育中的 STEM
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2019
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通讯作者：
Hengchun Ye
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作者：
Simeon P. Slovacek;V. Miu;Karibian Soto;Hengchun Ye
尽管人们对从事 STEM 职业很感兴趣，但许多学生出于多种原因选择在完成 STEM 学位之前不选择或退学。在这项研究中，重点是可以提高整体 STEM 保留率以及 STEM 学位中代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 保留率的支持，从而使美国的研究人员和科学家队伍更加强大和多样化。当前研究的目的是评估课外（传统课程之外）学生研讨会和 DIRECT-STEM 提供的其他策略的好处，DIRECT-STEM 是一项强调 STEM 相关职业追求的大学项目。结果表明，项目参与提高了学生对研究生院和 STEM 职业的兴趣水平。学生成功和完成当前学位的信心也增强了，学生通过接触大学内的研究文化培养了社区意识。注意到资助、部分资助和非参与群体之间的差异。
Although there is much interest in pursuing a STEM career, many students choose not to or drop out prior to completing their STEM degrees for numerous reasons. In this research study, the focus is on supports that may increase overall STEM retention as well as underrepresented minority (URM) retention in STEM degrees consequently leading to a more robust and diverse pool of researchers and scientists within the US. The purpose of the current research was to assess the benefits of extra-curricular (outside traditional coursework) student workshops and other strategies provided by DIRECT-STEM, a university program emphasizing STEM-related career pursuits. Results indicate that program participation increased students’ interest level in graduate school and a career in STEM. Student confidence in succeeding and completing their current degrees also increased and students developed a sense of community through exposure to research culture within the university. Differences between funded, partially-funded, and non-participant groups are noted.