Murphy Terrence E, Gaughan Monica, Hume Robert, Moore S Gordon
Yale University School of Medicine.
Educ Eval Policy Anal. 2010 Mar;32(1):70-83. doi: 10.3102/0162373709360064.
There are many approaches to solving the problem of underrepresentation of some racial and ethnic groups and women in scientific and technical disciplines. Here, the authors evaluate the association of a summer bridge program with the graduation rate of underrepresented minority (URM) students at a selective technical university. They demonstrate that this 5-week program prior to the fall of the 1st year contains elements reported as vital for successful student retention. Using multivariable survival analysis, they show that for URM students entering as fall-semester freshmen, relative to their nonparticipating peers, participation in this accelerated summer bridge program is associated with higher likelihood of graduation. The longitudinal panel data include more than 2,200 URM students.
解决一些种族和族裔群体以及女性在科学和技术学科中代表性不足的问题有多种方法。在此，作者评估了一个暑期衔接项目与一所精英技术大学中未被充分代表的少数族裔（URM）学生毕业率之间的关联。他们证明，这个在第一年秋季之前为期5周的项目包含了据报道对学生成功留校至关重要的要素。通过多变量生存分析，他们表明，对于作为秋季学期新生入学的URM学生而言，相对于未参与项目的同龄人，参与这个加速暑期衔接项目与更高的毕业可能性相关。纵向面板数据包括2200多名URM学生。
