Analyzing the Impact of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program

分析迈尔霍夫学者计划的影响

• 批准号: 7107999
• 负责人: J LYNN ZIMMERMAN
• 金额: $ 42.46万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-10 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7107999
• 关键词: African American; academic achievement; clinical research; education evaluation /planning; focus groups; health science research potential; human subject; postgraduate education; racial /ethnic difference; science education; statistics /biometry

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a multifaceted, strengths based approach to intervention and research that has made great strides in increasing the number of African American students who earn Ph.D.s or M.D./Ph.D.s and pursue research careers in biomedical science. Now in its 16th year, the program has 261 students currently enrolled and so far it has graduated more than 400 students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). A very high percentage of graduates have gone on to pursue Ph.D. and M.D. /Ph.D. degrees. The program incorporates 15 different components, all geared toward supporting students' success as undergraduates and leading to a Ph.D. or M.D. /Ph.D. and a research career. Previous studies indicated that the Meyerhoff Program overall increases the desired outcomes. This proposal uses quantitative and qualitative methods to begin to dissect the success of the program to delineate the student characteristics and program features that are most important to pursuit and completion of a STEM Ph.D. We have two specific aims. First, we want to provide further evidence about program effectiveness, including what types of students receive the most benefit from the program. We will address these questions: (1) will African American Meyerhoff students achieve greater STEM Ph.D. outcomes than comparison students when stringent statistical controls! Are applied; and (2) does the Meyerhoff Program have a greater positive impact on underrepresented j minority students (African Americans) than on Asian American and Caucasian students. Our second aim is to investigate how the program works by studying: (3) do Meyerhoff students who perceive greater benefit from program components achieve more positive STEM Ph.D. outcomes; (4) what characteristics (high school preparation, high school GPA, SAT, parental SES, research proclivity, etc.) of students are the strongest predictors of STEM Ph.D. outcomes for Meyerhoff program participants and is this because those characteristics lead to greater perceived benefit from the program; (5) do Meyerhoff students who participate in STEM research intensive summer internships achieve more positive STEM Ph.D. outcomes than those who do not; and (6) do Meyerhoff students who have sustained research experience in on-campus STEM research labs achieve more positive STEM Ph.D. outcomes than those who do not.

描述（由申请人提供）：巴尔的摩县马里兰州大学（UMBC）的Meyerhoff奖学金计划是一种多方面的基于优势的干预和研究方法，在增加获得博士学位或M.D.S或M.D./PH.D./PH.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.S和从事生物学科学的非裔美国学生的数量方面取得了长足的进步。该计划已有16年了，目前已有261名学生入学，到目前为止，它已毕业了400多名科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的学生。毕业生的比例很高，继续攻读博士学位。和M.D. /ph.D。学位。该计划结合了15个不同的组成部分，旨在支持学生作为本科生的成功并获得博士学位。或M.D. /ph.D。和研究职业。先前的研究表明，Meyerhoff计划总体上增加了预期的结果。该提案使用定量和定性方法开始剖析该计划的成功，以描绘学生特征和计划特征，这些特征和计划特征对于追求和完成STEM博士学位最重要。我们有两个具体的目标。首先，我们希望提供有关计划效率的进一步证据，包括哪些类型的学生从计划中获得最大的好处。我们将解决以下问题：（1）非裔美国人Meyerhoff学生将获得更大的STEM博士学位。当严格的统计控制时，结果比比较学生！应用； （2）Meyerhoff计划对代表人数不足的J少数族裔学生（非裔美国人）的积极影响更大，而不是亚裔美国人和高加索学生。我们的第二个目的是通过研究该计划的工作方式：（3）感知从计划组件中获得更大收益的Meyerhoff学生获得更正面的STEM博士学位。结果； （4）学生的特征（高中准备，高中GPA，SAT，父母SES，研究倾向等）是STEM博士学位的最强预测指标。 Meyerhoff计划参与者的成果，这是因为这些特征会从该计划中获得更大的感知受益； （5）参加STEM研究密集的暑期实习的Meyerhoff学生是否获得了更多积极的STEM博士学位。结果比那些没有的结果； （6）在校园内研究实验室中持续研究经验的迈耶霍夫（Meyerhoff）学生是否获得了更正面的STEM博士学位。结果比那些没有的结果。