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- Abstract:
- This research focuses on understanding why there exists a large discrepancy in the STEM concentrator student body--specifically, the disproportionate amount of underrepresented minorities (URMs) who leave their intended STEM concentrations sometimes in favor of another STEM concentration, many times in favor of a non-STEM concentration. We analyze faculty and student interviews to understand the disconnect between the two and create an action plan for the University, departments, professors, and students to help increase the retention of students studying STEM, particularly URMs.
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- Research project prepared during the spring semester 2017 at Brown University for course APMA 1910: Race & Gender in the Scientific Community
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Chávez, Victoria, and Alarcon, Taylor,
"Increasing retention rates of undergraduates in STEM"
(2017).
Brown University Student Publications, Open Educational Resources (OER) and Research Impacts.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.7301/Z0B27SHR
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Brown University Student Publications
This collection contains open access and other scholarly works published by students at Brown University. Items include articles, essays and white papers, among others. For theses and dissertations authored by students for the fulfillment of requirements for degrees granted by …... -
Open Educational Resources (OER) and Research Impacts
...This collection was created by Brown University's Engaged Scholarship and Broader Impacts Working Group (ESBI) to provide Brown University researchers with an online platform for preserving and publishing their open access STEM-related digital scholarship, Open Educational Resources (OERs), and Broader …