Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis · 2011 · 248 citations · 45 references
EducationHigher EducationScience EducationAfrican American EducationScience PolicyScientific LiteracyDiversityEthnicity In EducationLongitudinal ResearchRace In EducationStudent Demographics AnalysisStudent PersistenceEducational PersistenceEducational ProgramsGrowth Curve ModelsMentoring In StemMinority Participation In ScienceMinority Student AchievementMinority Student SuccessStem Student Persistence
For more than 40 years, there has been a concerted national effort to promote diversity among the scientific research community. Yet given the persistent national-level disparity in educational achievements of students from various ethnic and racial groups, the efficacy of these programs has come into question. The current study reports results from a longitudinal study of students supported by a national National Institutes of Health-funded minority training program, and a propensity score matched control. Growth curve analyses using Hierarchical Linear Modeling show that students supported by Research Initiative for Science Excellence were more likely to persist in their intentions to pursue a scientific research career. In addition, growth curve analyses indicate that undergraduate research experience, but not having a mentor, predicted student persistence in science.
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