Making a Difference in Science Education
2013/03/27 by M. Kevin Eagan, Sylvia Hurtado, Mitchell J. Chang +4 · 549 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Advanced Placement #Career Development and Diversity #Diverse Educational Innovations Studies #Engineering #Graduate students #Higher Education Research Studies #Matching (statistics) #Mathematics education #Medical education #Medicine #Propensity score matching #Psychology #Sample (material) #Science and engineering
paper · open access · doi:10.3102/0002831213482038
published in American Educational Research Journal 50(4), 683-713 (SAGE Publishing)
openalex publication_date 2013/03/27 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract
To increase the numbers of underrepresented racial minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), federal and private agencies have allocated significant funding to undergraduate research programs, which have been shown to students' intentions of enrolling in graduate or professional school. Analyzing a longitudinal sample of 4,152 aspiring STEM majors who completed the 2004 Freshman Survey and 2008 College Senior Survey, this study utilizes multinomial hierarchical generalized linear modeling (HGLM) and propensity score matching techniques to examine how participation in undergraduate research affects STEM students' intentions to enroll in STEM and non-STEM graduate and professional programs. Findings indicate that participation in an undergraduate research program significantly improved students' probability of indicating plans to enroll in a STEM graduate program.
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