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Direct linkAnahi Carrera; Thomas Luckie; Emily H. G. Cooperdock – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
First-generation college students (FGCS), defined as students whose parents did not earn a baccalaureate degree, encounter distinct obstacles navigating academia. Barriers faced by FGCS, including lack of financial security, lower sense of belonging, and inadequate mentorship, are often compounded by the intersection of other marginalized…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Earth Science, Disproportionate Representation, Barriers
Robert Miintzuoh Kao – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2025
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shifted the education landscape between recent college and university graduates and pathways to graduate degrees. In my perspective article, I wish to share the challenges, reflections, and a call-to-action framework in ways we can support and advocate for postbaccalaureate persons excluded because…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Graduates, Academic Degrees, Postsecondary Education
Fish, Jillian – Teaching of Psychology, 2023
Introduction: Since the 1990's, psychology has demonstrated a strong commitment to the full spectrum of human diversity (Vera & Speight, 2003). Statement of the Problem: However, psychologists from underrepresented backgrounds and diversity science (DS) remain marginalized in psychology (Syed & Kathawalla, 2020), which affects the ease…
Descriptors: Psychology, Psychologists, Diversity, Disproportionate Representation
Edelsbrunner, Peter A.; Malone, Sarah; Hofer, Sarah I.; Küchemann, Stefan; Kuhn, Jochen; Schmid, Roman; Altmeyer, Kristin; Brünken, Roland; Lichtenberger, Andreas – International Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Background: Representational competence is commonly considered a prerequisite for the acquisition of conceptual knowledge, yet little exploration has been undertaken into the relation between these two constructs. Using an assessment instrument of representational competence with vector fields that functions without confounding topical context, we…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences, Disproportionate Representation, Competence
D. K. Keblbeck; K. Piatek-Jimenez; C. Medina Medina – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Historically, physics has been a predominantly male field, with previous literature showing that there is little diversity among U.S. physics students at the undergraduate and graduate levels or among physicists within the work force. Recent research indicates that the lack of diversity in physics is partially due to an unwelcoming climate within…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physics, Majors (Students), Disproportionate Representation
Wong, Billy; Chiu, Yuan-Li Tiffany; Murray, Órla Meadhbh; Horsburgh, Jo – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Background: The analogy of the leaky pipeline has been used to describe STEM education, with lower student diversity from compulsory to post-compulsory education and beyond. Although extensive research has explored the views and experiences of school-aged children about STEM, fewer studies have examined the career intentions of STEM students at…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education, Undergraduate Students
Linda Zhang; Madison Swirtz; Kerstin Nordstrom – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Asian(American) physics students lack ample representation in physics identity studies and in the broader science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) sociological literature. This may be due to their perceived overrepresentation, the "model minority" myth, or their treatment as monolithic. These misconceptions obscure the…
Descriptors: Physics, Self Concept, Asian Americans, Majors (Students)
Emma C. Goodwin; Logan E. Gin; Allyson Aeschliman; Adwoa Kumi Afoakwa; Bryttani A. Allred; Sarah T. Avalle; Amanda Bell; Jessica Berkheimer; Hannah Brzezinski; Rachel Campos; Hozhoo Emerson; Savage Cree Hess; Arron M. Montelongo; Nereus Noshirwani; W. Levi Shelton; Emma M. Valdez; Jennifer White; Quinn White; Ehren Wittekind; Katelyn M. Cooper; Sara E. Brownell – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Positive outcomes from undergraduate research experiences (UREs) have resulted in calls to broaden and diversify participation in research. However, we have little understanding of what demographics are reported and considered in the analyses of student outcomes from UREs. Without this information, it is impossible to assess whether participation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Scientific Research, Natural Sciences
Josephine Gabi; Alison Braddock; Claire Brown; Denise Miller; Gwenda Mynott; Melissa Jacobi; Pallavi Banerjee; Karen Kenny; Andrew Rawson – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
The imperative to address the complex problem of degree awarding gaps within UK higher education institutions is multifaceted and messy. Various studies have continually highlighted this persistent undergraduate awarding gap (racial equity gap or/ethnicity gap) between White and racially minoritised students. This disparity in educational…
Descriptors: Tutors, Minority Group Students, Race, Foreign Countries
Bennett, Jean Kennedy – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation presents the first known Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) investigation of how marginalized students are included in syllabi. This study fills a gap in the literature due to the changing demographic of college students, the absence of faculty who share these marginalized identities, the syllabus being the first…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Disadvantaged, Power Structure, Course Descriptions
Emily Melzer Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Women are underrepresented in the STEM workforce. This is due to microaggressions, gender biases, preconceived assumptions about their abilities, a lack of mentorship, and limited opportunities for advancement. While women are underrepresented as a whole, the deficit is even larger when it comes to Latinas, who only make up a fraction of the…
Descriptors: Females, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Careers, Gender Bias
Julie Lorah – PRIMUS, 2024
There is currently a lack of diversity in the discipline of statistics. In order to provide opportunities within the discipline of statistics to diverse groups, the present study presents a detailed description and evaluation of a one-credit workshop and mentoring program for undergraduate women interested in exploring opportunities within…
Descriptors: Diversity, Statistics, Undergraduate Students, Females
Dae Brodeur Aspiras – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Engineering Co-op Program at Midwestern Private University offers support for students seeking relevant work experience, yet only a small percentage of racially underrepresented undergraduate engineering students engage with the program. Understanding this inconsistency is important for progressing towards more equitable approaches. Prior research…
Descriptors: Racial Distribution, Diversity, Engineering, Cooperative Programs
Hope Sikhosana; Hlologelo Malatji; Aldridge Munyoro – Cogent Education, 2023
The under-representation of women in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) is of great concern in South Africa. Despite the efforts made by the government to improve access to education for learners from previously disadvantaged communities, South African Black women are still under-represented in STEM fields. The present…
Descriptors: Blacks, Females, STEM Education, Foreign Countries
Stokes, David Jerome – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Addressing the STEM underrepresentation problem has implications for improving quality of life and, thus, is an issue of social justice. This mixed-methods research study investigates the potential of certain pre-collegiate educational experiences, conceptualized as Sociocritical and Agency Building Educational Experiences in STEM (SABEES), as a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation, Culturally Relevant Education, Sociocultural Patterns
