Improving Underrepresented Minority Student Persistence in STEM.

Autor:	Estrada M; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118 mica.estrada@ucsf.edu., Burnett M; Office of the Provost, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA 30314-4399., Campbell AG; Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912., Campbell PB; Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc., Groton, MA 01450., Denetclaw WF; Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132., Gutiérrez CG; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032-8202., Hurtado S; Education Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521., John GH; Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078., Matsui J; Biology Scholars Program, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140., McGee R; Faculty Affairs, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611., Okpodu CM; Department of Biology, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504., Robinson TJ; Division of International Affairs, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251., Summers MF; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250., Werner-Washburne M; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001., Zavala M; Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330-8303.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	CBE life sciences education [CBE Life Sci Educ] 2016 fall; Vol. 15 (3).
DOI:	10.1187/cbe.16-01-0038
Abstrakt:	Members of the Joint Working Group on Improving Underrepresented Minorities (URMs) Persistence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-convened by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute-review current data and propose deliberation about why the academic "pathways" leak more for URM than white or Asian STEM students. They suggest expanding to include a stronger focus on the institutional barriers that need to be removed and the types of interventions that "lift" students' interests, commitment, and ability to persist in STEM fields. Using Kurt Lewin's planned approach to change, the committee describes five recommendations to increase URM persistence in STEM at the undergraduate level. These recommendations capitalize on known successes, recognize the need for accountability, and are framed to facilitate greater progress in the future. The impact of these recommendations rests upon enacting the first recommendation: to track successes and failures at the institutional level and collect data that help explain the existing trends. (© 2016 M. Estrada et al. CBE—Life Sciences Education © 2016 The American Society for Cell Biology. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). It is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0).)
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