项目加强:以STEMM为重点的职业发展研讨会,为代表性不足的少数民族学生准备研究生课程
Taylor Barongan1, Kit Neikirk1, Bryanna Shao1
1Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN, USA.
iScience
|September 22, 2023
概括
项目加强研讨会显著改善了对STEMM领域学生的研究生准备. 该计划为最大限度地获得研究职业 (MARC) 计划提供了具有成本效益的替代方案.
科学领域:
- 科学,技术,工程,数学和医学 (STEMM) 多样性倡议.
- 高等教育和研究生学校的准备.
背景情况:
- 最大限度地获得研究职业 (MARC) 计划旨在增强STEMM领域的多样性.
- 限定的课程可用性和严格的资格标准限制了学生的机会.
研究的目的:
- 为了试点项目加强,一系列研讨会旨在复制MARC计划的关键组件.
- 评估"加强项目"对学生为研究生学习做好准备的影响.
主要方法:
- 在温斯顿-萨勒姆州立大学实施了一系列研讨会,名为"加强项目".
- 该课程侧重于研究生学校发展的基本技能.
主要成果:
- 参加 Project Strengthen 的学生在理解关键的教育发展技能方面取得了显著的进步.
- 这些技能包括个人陈述写作,研究生申请,GRE准备和确保暑期实习.
结论:
- 项目加强显示承诺作为一个更容易获得和更具成本效益的替代MARC程序.
- 该计划解决了研究生学校准备的现有差距,并提供有效的教育材料.
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