Investigating Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Graduate School Enrollment Rates among McNair Scholars
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2022
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" Breen, Stephaine M. and Antoinette NewsomeInvestigating Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Graduate School Enrollment Rates among McNair Scholars. Opportunity Matters: Journal of Access and Opportunity in Education 4 (2022), pp 2-19. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/614438921c60763850a87996/t/63332f4288c6da277b000eac/1664298822826/OMJ+Vol+4.pdf#page=4"
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Abstract
The McNair Scholars Program aims to increase graduate school enrollment for low-income,
first-generation, and underrepresented minority students with the goal of Ph.D. attainment.
This study explores graduate school enrollment rates among University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC) McNair Scholars using Astin’s (1993) IEO Model. Utilizing UMBC McNair
Program’s Annual Performance Reporting (APR) datasets from 2010-2020, we conduct crosstabulations and logistic regression to examine what input and environmental factors contribute
to graduate school enrollment for 117 UMBC McNair Scholars. While findings reveal no
statistical significance in input and environmental factors, we found differences in enrollment
rates across some racial/ethnic and gender groups. Implications of this study suggest that
provisions for data collection and self-reporting practices must become standardized to
increase program and evaluation effectiveness.