成功的代理:应用程序流程如何与小多样性研究计划的博士学位追求相关
Dawayne Whittington1, Latricia E Wallace2, Cherilynn R Shadding3
1Strategic Evaluations, Durham, NC, USA.
概括
多样性研究计划可以提高博士学位入学率. 申请材料的变化,不仅仅是GPA或排名,与追求高级STEM学位的学生有显著的相关性.
科学领域:
- 科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 教育研究
- 高等教育政策和实践 高等教育政策和实践
背景情况:
- 许多科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 多样性计划旨在增加代表性不足的学生追求博士学位.
- 很少有课程有明确的路径或在引导学生获得STEM博士学位方面取得了成功.
研究的目的:
- 评估"基因组学研究机会" (OGR) 计划对博士生入学的影响.
- 为了确定超出传统指标 (GPA,机构分类,研究生院排名) 的因素,这些因素有助于计划的成功.
主要方法:
- 这项研究分析了来自国家卫生研究院 (NIH) 资助的OGR计划的8年的数据.
- 研究人员检查了申请材料的变化,以此作为对博士学位承诺的指标.
- 统计分析探讨了申请材料变化与博士学位追求之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 在 OGR 计划中,在资助期间,博士生入学率显著增加.
- 像GPA和排名这样的传统指标不能完全解释观察到的结果改善.
- 申请程序的变化,特别是提问的类型 (开放式或封闭式) 和回答者 (申请人或裁判) 的变化,与博士学位的追求有着显著的相关性.
结论:
- 对STEM多样性研究计划的申请程序的修改可以与改善的博士学位入学结果显著相关.
- 通过申请材料评估承诺,为学生在追求STEM博士学位的成功提供了有价值的见解.
- 该OGR计划的成功凸显了量身定制的应用策略在促进博士学位的重要性.
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