Testing a Model for Attracting Students into STEM: Behavioral Neuroscience at Andrews University

生物科学（61）安德鲁斯大学跨学科的行为神经科学项目是仿照该校生物系非常成功的学生发展项目设计的。生物学课程的主要目标是吸引对生物学有希望和兴趣的本科生进入以科学为基础的职业，包括研究。从这个项目毕业的学生非常成功，在全国规范的毕业考试中得分超过90百分位，研究生课程的录取率超过90%，医学院的录取率超过85%。该项目也证明了来自代表性不足的少数民族学生的成功率。导致生物学毕业生所经历的不同寻常的成功的因素还没有得到清楚的证明。pi正在采取一种实验性的方法来回答这些问题。这涉及到基于生物学项目特点的行为神经科学跨学科项目的开发和实施，以及针对非stem专业的项目招募。正在对新项目进行仔细评估，以确定导致学生成功的因素。

Biological Sciences (61) The interdisciplinary Behavioral Neuroscience program at Andrews University is modeled after the very successful student development program of their Biology Department. The primary objective of the Biology program is to attract undergraduate students with promise and interest in biology into science-based careers, including research. Students graduating from this program are unusually successful, scoring above the 90th percentile on nationally normed exit exams and demonstrating greater than 90% acceptance rate into graduate programs and an 85% acceptance rate into medical schools. The program also has demonstrated success rates with students from underrepresented minorities.Factors resulting in the unusual success experienced by the Biology graduates have not been clearly demonstrated. The PIs are taking an experimental approach to answering these questions. This involves the development and implementation of the interdisciplinary program in Behavioral Neuroscience based on the features of the Biology program and recruitment into the program that targets non-STEM majors. Careful assessment of the new program is being used to define the factors that are responsible for the success of the students.