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Direct linkRodenbusch, Stacia E.; Hernandez, Paul R.; Simmons, Sarah L.; Dolan, Erin L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
National efforts to transform undergraduate biology education call for research experiences to be an integral component of learning for all students. Course-based undergraduate research experiences, or CUREs, have been championed for engaging students in research at a scale that is not possible through apprenticeships in faculty research…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Biology, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education
Crisp, Gloria; Nora, Amaury; Taggart, Amanda – American Educational Research Journal, 2009
This study examined the demographic, pre-college, environmental, and college factors that impact students' interests in and decisions to earn a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree among students attending a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Results indicated that Hispanic students were well represented among STEM…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Influences, Majors (Students), Hispanic American Students
Haas, Charles N. – Engineering Education, 1988
Reports on a study conducted to determine whether a common relationship exists for faculty size in U.S. engineering colleges. Suggests that an index of normative loading can possibly be established. (RT)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Science, Engineering
Peer reviewedStrenta, A. Christopher; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A study investigated causes of initial interest in and attrition from natural sciences and engineering among 5,320 students entering 4 highly selective institutions in 1988, with attention to probable causes of disproportionate attrition of women. Reasons for high attrition were based on cognitive variables or the perceived "chilly"…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Science, Decision Making, Engineering Education
Download full textGerace, William J.; Mestre, Jose P. – 1983
Studies were conducted to identify critical barriers which could impede the progress of Hispanic undergraduates enrolled in science and engineering programs. The underlying theme in most studies was the interplay of language in various problem-solving tasks. Studies examined: (1) predictors of academic achievement (as measured by grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, College Science, Engineering Education
Sax, Linda J. – 1996
This study examined factors predicting the enrollment of men and women in science, math, and engineering (SME) graduate programs among those who had earned SME Bachelor's degrees. The data, which covered a 9-year period: 1985, 1989 (4-year follow-up), and 1994 (9-year follow-up), was drawn from the Cooperative Institutional Research program, a…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Science, College Students, Educational Attitudes
Huang, Gary; Taddese, Nebiyu; Walter, Elizabeth – National Center for Education Statistics, 2000
This study examines the gaps related to gender and race/ethnicity in entrance, persistence, and attainment of postsecondary science and engineering (S&E) education. After reviewing selected prior research and examining potentially relevant variables in two National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveys, several variables were selected…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Science, Minority Group Students, Womens Education
