Analyzing the Impact of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program

马里兰州，巴尔的摩县（UMBC）的迈耶霍夫奖学金计划是一个 多方面的，基于优势的干预和研究方法，在以下方面取得了长足的进步： 增加获得博士学位或医学博士学位的非洲裔美国学生的数量。博士和从事研究 在生物医学科学的职业生涯。现在是第16个年头，该计划目前有261名学生注册， 到目前为止，它已经毕业了400多名学生在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）。 很高比例的毕业生继续攻读博士学位。M.D.博士度程序 包含15个不同的组成部分，所有这些都是为了支持学生作为本科生的成功 并最终获得博士学位或医学博士/博士和研究事业以前的研究表明，迈耶霍夫 计划总体上增加了预期的结果。该提案采用定量和定性方法， 开始剖析该计划的成功之处，以描绘学生的特点和计划的特点 这对追求和完成STEM博士学位至关重要。我们有两个具体目标。一是 我想提供有关计划有效性的进一步证据，包括什么类型的学生接受了 大多数人从该计划中受益。我们将解决这些问题：（1）将非裔美国人迈耶霍夫 学生实现更大的STEM博士学位。学生成绩比对照时严格统计控制！ （2）Meyerhoff计划是否对代表性不足的人产生了更大的积极影响？ 少数民族学生（非裔美国人）比亚裔美国人和白人学生。我们的第二个目标是 通过研究来调查该计划是如何运作的：（3）认为受益更大的迈耶霍夫学生 从程序组件实现更积极的STEM博士学位.（4）哪些特点（高） 学校准备，高中GPA，SAT，父母SES，研究倾向等）的学生是 STEM博士的最强预测因素Meyerhoff计划参与者的结果，这是因为那些 特点导致更大的感知受益于该计划;（5）做迈耶霍夫学生谁参加 在STEM研究中，密集的夏季实习可以获得更积极的STEM博士学位结果比那些 谁没有;和（6）做迈耶霍夫学生谁拥有持续的研究经验，在校园干 研究l;abs实现更积极的STEM博士学位。而不是那些不这样做的人。

The Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a muitifaceted, 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 rssearch 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 l;abs achieve more positive STEM Ph.D. outcomes than those who do not.