Institutional Interventions That Remove Barriers to Recruit and Retain Diverse Biomedical PhD Students.
CBE Life Sci Educ
; 17(2): ar27, 2018 06.
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The faculty and student populations in academia are not representative of the diversity in the U.S. POPULATION: Thus, research institutions and funding agencies invest significant funds and effort into recruitment and retention programs that focus on increasing the flow of historically underrepresented minorities (URMs) into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pipeline. Here, we outline challenges, interventions, and assessments by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) that increased the diversity of the student body independently of grade point averages and Graduate Record Examination scores. Additionally, we show these efforts progressively decreased the attrition rates of URM students over time while eliminating attrition in the latest cohort. Further, the majority of URM students who graduate from the GSBS are likely to remain in the STEM pipeline beyond the postdoctoral training period. We also provide specific recommendations based on the data presented to identify and remove barriers that prevent entry, participation, and inclusion of the underrepresented and underserved in the STEM pipeline.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Selección de Personal
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Estudiantes
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Diversidad Cultural
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Investigación Biomédica
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Educación de Postgrado
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
CBE Life Sci Educ
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIA
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EDUCACAO
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos