An Investigation of Comparative Hispanic Student Success in Calculus I at Four State of Florida Universities

Autor/inn/en	Becker, Renee Y.; Cox, Thomas
Titel	An Investigation of Comparative Hispanic Student Success in Calculus I at Four State of Florida Universities
Quelle	In: Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 22 (2022) 1, S.17-30 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1527-9316
Schlagwörter	Hispanic American Students; STEM Education; Access to Education; Disproportionate Representation; Graduation Rate; Enrollment; Graduate Study; Minority Serving Institutions; Success; Grades (Scholastic); White Students; Academic Achievement; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; State Universities; Calculus; Undergraduate Students; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; STEM; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Einschulung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Erfolg; Notenspiegel; Schulleistung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Staatliche Universität; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung
Abstract	National employment data forecasts a significant need for graduates in the STEM disciplines for middle-income American jobs. If the American labor force is to keep pace with the global economy, it is critically important that American higher education increase STEM degree production. Currently, minority populations lack access and thus opportunity for success in higher education, but, among them, Hispanic groups account for about 59 million Americans, are the youngest demographic, and have the highest growth rate of any ethnic group. Hispanic students are inadequately represented in higher education enrollment numbers, graduation rates, graduate degree attainment, and STEM degree attainment. While only 14% of American institutions of higher education are designated as Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), 64% of Hispanic American college students attend an HSI. As a result, HSIs are in a unique position to improve student success in STEM disciplines. A statistical analysis of the grades of Hispanic and White students in an introductory STEM course, Calculus I, at two Florida HSI universities and two non-HSI universities, revealed 1) white students significantly outperformed Hispanic students in Calculus I at State of Florida non-HSIs and 2) white students did not outperform Hispanic students in Calculus I at State of Florida HSIs. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01