Pathways to STEM Bachelor's and Graduate Degrees for Hispanic Students and the Role of Hispanic-Serving Institutions

西班牙裔学生获得 STEM 学士和研究生学位的途径以及西班牙裔服务机构的作用

• 批准号: 0653280
• 负责人: Alicia Dowd
• 金额: $ 66.76万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-15 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0653280&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pathways; STEM; Bachelor; Graduate; Degrees

This is a STEP Type 2 project that is examining the role of Hispanic serving higher education institutions in the STEM field careers of students. The investigators are describing the characteristics of Hispanic students who transfer from community colleges to BA institutions using a national data set, the college financing strategies and borrowing practices for graduate education, and the characteristics of the institutions that serve the Hispanic population. The study focuses especially on the role of community colleges in diversifying the STEM college graduates. The researchers rely on a statistical analysis of large national surveys (the survey of Recent College Graduates enhanced by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System). The researchers use sophisticated statistical analysis methods to test hypotheses of relationships between student institution choice and later completion. Also, the researchers are conducting a qualitative study of a selected group of Hispanic institutions that are successful in producing large numbers of STEM graduates to observe features that might have been responsible for their success with that population. The merit of this study is that it addresses the issue of Hispanics in the science and technology workforce. It also has an opportunity to impact the broader community by identifying forms of support that affect the graduate school attendance of Hispanic students.

这是一个步骤2的项目，正在研究西班牙裔高等教育机构在学生STEM野外职业中的作用。 调查人员正在描述西班牙裔学生的特征，他们使用国家数据集，大学融资策略和研究生教育的借贷实践以及为西班牙裔人口服务的机构的特征，从社区学院转移到文学学士学位。 该研究特别关注社区大学在多样化STEM大学毕业生中的作用。 研究人员依靠对大型国家调查的统计分析（对综合学院综合教育数据系统的最新大学毕业生的调查）。 研究人员使用复杂的统计分析方法来测试学生机构选择与后来完成之间关系的假设。 此外，研究人员正在对一组选定的西班牙裔机构进行定性研究，这些研究成功地生产了大量的STEM毕业生，以观察可能导致其在该人群中成功的特征。 这项研究的优点在于，它解决了科学和技术劳动力中西班牙裔的问题。 它还有机会通过确定影响西班牙裔学生出勤的研究生的支持形式来影响更广泛的社区。