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

这是一个STEP类型2项目，正在研究西班牙裔服务高等教育机构在学生STEM领域职业生涯中的作用。 调查人员正在描述使用国家数据集，大学融资策略和研究生教育借贷实践，以及为西班牙裔人口服务的机构的特点，从社区学院转移到BA机构的西班牙裔学生的特点。 该研究特别关注社区大学在使STEM大学毕业生多样化方面的作用。 研究人员依赖于对大型全国性调查的统计分析（由综合中学后教育数据系统增强的近期大学毕业生调查）。 研究人员使用复杂的统计分析方法来测试学生机构选择和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，这些机构成功地培养了大量STEM毕业生，以观察可能导致他们在该人群中取得成功的特征。 这项研究的优点是，它解决了西班牙裔在科学和技术劳动力的问题。 它也有机会通过确定影响西班牙裔学生研究生入学率的支持形式来影响更广泛的社区。

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.