Enhancing the Number of African Americans Who Pursue STEM PhDs: Meyerhoff Scholarship Program Outcomes, Processes, and Individual Predictors

dc.contributor.authorMaton, Kenneth I
dc.contributor.authorDomingo, Mariano R Sto
dc.contributor.authorStolle-McAllister, Kathleen E
dc.contributor.authorZimmerman, J Lynn
dc.contributor.authorHrabowski III, Freeman A
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-25T16:58:45Z
dc.date.available2020-06-25T16:58:45Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe current study examines the outcomes, processes, and individual predictors of the pursuit of a STEM PhD among African-American students in the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program. Meyerhoff students were nearly five times more likely than comparison students to pursue a STEM PhD Program components consistently rated as important were financial scholarship, being part of the Meyerhoff Program community, the summer bridge program, study groups, staff academic advising, and summer research opportunities. Furthermore, focus group findings revealed student internalization of key Meyerhoff Program values, including a commitment to excellence, accountability, group success, and giving back. In terms of individual predictors, multinomial logit regression analyses revealed that Meyerhoff students with higher levels of research excitement at college entry were more likely to pursue a STEM PhDen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project is supported by Grant Number 5R01GM075278-3 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the official views of NIGMS or the National Institutes of Health (NIH).en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/00551c876cc2f027,46b542644d425a20,27f3462c5f03da27.htmlen_US
dc.format.extent23 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articles postprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2bngl-3aye
dc.identifier.citationMaton KI, Sto Domingo MR, Stolle-McAllister KE, Zimmerman JL, Hrabowski FA III. Enhancing the Number of African Americans Who Pursue STEM PhDs: Meyerhoff Scholarship Program Outcomes, Processes, and Individual Predictors. J Women Minor Sci Eng. 2009;15(1):15-37. doi:10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v15.i1.20en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v15.i1.20
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/18997
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBegell Houseen_US
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dc.titleEnhancing the Number of African Americans Who Pursue STEM PhDs: Meyerhoff Scholarship Program Outcomes, Processes, and Individual Predictorsen_US
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