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Enhancing the Number of African-americans Who Pursue Stem Phds: Meyerhoff Scholarship Program Outcomes, Processes, and Individual Predictors

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: The current study examines the outcomes, processes, and individual predictors of pursuit of a STEM PhD among African-American students in the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program. Meyerhoff students were nearly five times more likely than comparison students to pursue a STEM PhD. Program components consistently rated as important were financial scholarship, being part of the Meyerhoff Program community, the Summer Bridge program, study groups, staff academic advising, and summer research opportunities. Furthermore, focus group findings revealed student internalization of key Meyerhoff Program values, including a commitment to excellence, accountability, group success, and giving back. In terms of individual predictors, multinomial logit regression analyses revealed that Meyerhoff students with higher levels of research excitement at college entry were more likely to pursue a STEM PhD.

Source: Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

DOI: 10.1615/jwomenminorscieneng.v15.i1.20

Authors: Kenneth I. Maton, Mariano R. Sto Domingo, Kathleen E. Stolle-McAllister, J. Lynn Zimmerman, Freeman A. Hrabowski, III

Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Language: English

Topic: Career Development and Diversity

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences