Maton, Kenneth IDomingo, Mariano R StoStolle-McAllister, Kathleen EZimmerman, J LynnHrabowski III, Freeman A2020-06-252020-06-252009Maton 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.i1.2010.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v15.i1.20http://hdl.handle.net/11603/18997The 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 PhD23 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.© Begell House Inc. 2020Text