Adapting an Annual Research Symposium to Recruit Underrepresented Minorities to Postcollege Education

Autor/inn/en	Price, Rebecca M.; Rosypal, Alexa C.; Kern, Britt; Powell, Traci
Titel	Adapting an Annual Research Symposium to Recruit Underrepresented Minorities to Postcollege Education
Quelle	In: Journal of College Science Teaching, 38 (2008) 2, S.49-53 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-231X
Schlagwörter	Conferences (Gatherings); Science Programs; Community Colleges; Biological Sciences; Disproportionate Representation; Higher Education; Student Recruitment; Undergraduate Students; High Schools; Minority Groups; African American Students; American Indians; Hispanic American Students; Alaska Natives; Pacific Islanders; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Abwasserbiologie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; High school; Oberschule; Ethnische Minderheit; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; American Indian; Indianer; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Inuit; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner
Abstract	This paper describes a one-and-a-half day Distinguished Scholar Symposium during which undergraduate underrepresented minorities (URMs) from nearby schools visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to learn about advanced degree programs in the biological sciences. The symposium created an environment that inspired URMs to continue their scientific education after college. A mixture of discussions, hands-on activities, and traditional experiences were tailored to address students' concern. Faculty and administrators may find this program to be a useful model on which to base their own event for recruiting URMs to any science program at different levels of education, including high school, community college, four-year college, and postcollege programs. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10