Post-college Pathways: A Longitudinal Study of Biomedical and Behavioral Science

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的项目检查有志于生物医学和行为科学研究事业的学生的教育和职业道路，解决他们的经验与多样性和社会化成为一名科学家，获得资源，并在本科和研究生阶段的学术环境参与。有了坚实的基础和初步的实证工作已经完成，该项目计划后学士学位的数据收集，以了解关键的过渡点，大学生经历沿着道路的研究生涯。基线数据是在2004年秋季收集的，涉及来自694所机构的70 249名学生，他们最初有兴趣（即，在大一开始时可能的研究领域）在生物医学或行为科学专业。根据代表性不足的学生数量的样本，随机比较，学生样本从160所学院和大学中选出，并随访到他们的大学一年级和大学四年级结束。要求资金返回到原始样本的数据收集在大学入学后的第五年，以确定谁是保留在主要的另外12，129名学生，并遵循41，347名学生进入研究生或专业学校，学士后课程，和工作相关的BBS领域的经验大学后的途径。这项为期七年的纵向研究考虑了不同类型大学的学生倾向和能力，社会化和准备，以确定导致预期结果的重要大学经历，包括保留专业，毕业，研究生院的申请和入学。多层次建模技术将有助于确定心理和大学环境因素（包括参与NIH计划）的重要贡献，为学生的研究生涯做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed project examines the educational and career pathways of students aspiring to biomedical and behavioral science research careers, addressing their experiences with diversity and socialization in becoming a scientist, access to resources, and engagement in academic settings at the undergraduate and graduate levels. With a strong foundation and preliminary empirical work already completed, the project plans post-baccalaureate data collection to understand the key transition points that college students experience along the path to a research career. Baseline data were collected in Fall 2004 on 70,249 students from 694 institutions with an initial interest (i.e., probable field of study at the start of freshman year) in biomedical or behavioral science majors. Basing the sample on the number of underrepresented student aspirants, a random comparative, student sample was selected from 160 colleges and universities and were followed up through the end of their first year of college and the fourth year of college. Funds are requested to return to the original sample for data collection at the fifth year after college entry to identify an additional 12,129 students who were retained in the major and to follow the post-college pathways of 41,347 students into graduate or professional school, post-baccalaureate programs, and work-related experiences in BBS fields. This seven-year longitudinal study accounts for student predispositions and abilities, socialization, and preparation at different types of colleges to determine significant college experiences that result in desired outcomes, including retention in the major, graduation, and application and enrollment in graduate school. Multilevel modeling techniques will help determine the significant contributions of psychological and college environmental factors (including participation in NIH programs) that prepare students for research careers.