Arruda Erin H, Vu Kim-Phuong L, Chun Chi-Ah, Galvez Gino, Marayong Panadda, Dillon Jesse G
Department of Educational Leadership, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, United States.
Department of Psychology, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, United States.
Front Educ (Lausanne). 2025;10. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1474224. Epub 2025 Jan 27.
The BUilding Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) undergraduate research training program is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen the pipeline for underrepresented students through graduate school and into health-related research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. This study evaluates the impact of BUILD participation at a Minority-Serving Institution in Southern California on graduate school outcomes up to 6 years post-graduation including doctoral program enrollment and degree attainment using a quasi-experimental design. BUILD students were compared to a propensity score matched non-BUILD group using logistic regression. Results showed BUILD students enrolled in Ph.D. programs and attained Ph.Ds. at a higher rate compared to matched peers. Findings indicate BUILD met a pivotal program objective to increase doctoral degree attainment imperative for health-related research careers in biomedical and behavioral sciences. Furthermore, results support the added value of undergraduate research programs for students from underrepresented backgrounds.
“构建通向多元化的基础设施”（BUILD）本科研究培训项目由美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）资助，旨在通过研究生阶段加强代表性不足学生的培养渠道，并使其进入生物医学和行为科学领域与健康相关的研究职业。本研究采用准实验设计，评估了南加州一所少数族裔服务机构参与BUILD项目对毕业6年后研究生阶段成果的影响，包括博士项目入学率和学位获得情况。使用逻辑回归将BUILD学生与倾向得分匹配的非BUILD组进行比较。结果显示，与匹配的同龄人相比，BUILD学生进入博士项目并获得博士学位的比例更高。研究结果表明，BUILD实现了一个关键的项目目标，即提高博士学位获得率，这对生物医学和行为科学领域与健康相关的研究职业至关重要。此外，结果支持了本科研究项目对背景代表性不足学生的附加价值。
