University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso 79968.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2021 Jun;20(2):ar18. doi: 10.1187/cbe.20-08-0191.
This study reports findings from 19 interviews with Hispanic/Latinx students participating in a university-wide, multiyear program designed to retain students from underrepresented backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at a Hispanic-serving institution. We focus on the impact that having multiple opportunities to engage in faculty-mentored, cocurricular undergraduate research experiences (UREs) had on students' STEM paths in college and the cultivation of their science identities. In addition to professional and psychosocial benefits, our findings suggest that having the opportunity to spend multiple summers in UREs at partnering institutions away from home helped to strengthen Hispanic/Latinx students' comfort levels with being away from their families and helped them recognize the broad range of opportunities available to them for graduate school.
本研究报告了 19 名西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生参与一项全校范围的、多年期计划的访谈结果，该计划旨在保留来自代表性不足的背景的学生在一所服务于西班牙裔的机构中的科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 领域。我们关注的是，有多次机会参与由教师指导的、课外本科研究体验 (URE) 对学生在大学的 STEM 道路和他们的科学身份的培养有何影响。除了专业和社会心理方面的好处外，我们的研究结果表明，有机会在离家较远的合作机构度过多个暑期 URE，有助于增强西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生离开家人的舒适感，并帮助他们认识到研究生院为他们提供的广泛机会。
