在两个为少数民族服务的机构的MS学生队伍中,本科GPA并不能预测博士课程的成功
Megumi Fuse1, Kenneth A Rath2, Blake Riggs1
1Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
PloS one
|February 2, 2026
概括
科学士 (MS) 研究培训计划帮助多元化的学生在博士课程中取得成功. 本科GPA没有预测博士学位的成功,显示MS课程是有抱负的科学家的重要桥梁.
科学领域:
- 生物医学科学 生物医学科学
- 在STEM教育研究研究中.
背景情况:
- 科学士 (MS) 研究培训计划对于学生的成功至关重要,特别是对于代表性不足和第一代学生.
- 这些课程弥合了本科研究和博士课程之间的差距,解决了多元化学生面临的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 调查本科生平均成绩 (GPA) 对博士课程接受,完成和获得学位的时间的影响.
- 评估为多样化的学生群体提供资助的MS研究培训计划的有效性.
主要方法:
- 从旧金山州立大学和洛杉矶加利福尼亚州立大学检查了30年的数据.
- 在参加MS研究培训计划后,分析了本科GPA和博士学位成功指标之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 高本科GPA并没有预测在博士学位的接受,完成或学位的时间方面取得更大的成功.
- 士研究培训计划有利于具有较低本科GPA的多元化学生,使他们能够成为博士科学家.
- 增加的课程多样性并没有对大多数学生的参与产生负面影响;它使MS学生人数翻了一番.
结论:
- 资助的MS研究培训计划对于增强STEM领域的多样性至关重要,并作为博士研究的关键桥梁.
- 需要采用整体的入学方法,超越3.0等GPA截止值,以确保公平的机会.
- 基础设施,如培训补助金协调办公室,对于结构化指导和代表性不足的学生的专业发展至关重要.
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