High-Performing Institutions and Their Implications for Studying Underrepresented Minority Students in STEM

Autor/inn/en	Museus, Samuel D.; Liverman, Deborah
Titel	High-Performing Institutions and Their Implications for Studying Underrepresented Minority Students in STEM
Quelle	In: New Directions for Institutional Research, (2010) 148, S.17-27 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-0579
DOI	10.1002/ir.358
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; American Indians; Academic Persistence; Outcomes of Education; Asian Americans; Minority Groups; Racial Differences; School Holding Power; White Students; Educational Attainment; Graduation Rate; Academic Degrees; Educational Environment; Colleges; Educational Research; Comparative Analysis; Disproportionate Representation; African American Students; Asian American Students; Hispanic American Students; Minority Group Students; School Effectiveness; High Achievement; STEM Education; College Outcomes Assessment; Institutional Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; American Indian; Indianer; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Ethnische Minderheit; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Schuleffizienz; STEM
Abstract	Underrepresented racial minorities (URMs) earn college degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at lower rates than do their majority peers. The term "underrepresented minority" refers to Black, Latina/o, Native American, and Southeast Asian American (Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese) students. Statistics show that these groups suffer as they navigate through the STEM pipeline. They earn college degrees at rates lower than all other racial groups and are underrepresented in the STEM fields as well. Despite these low success rates among URMs in STEM, evidence suggests that institutions of higher education have the ability to foster their success. To increase URM student persistence and degree attainment rates in STEM fields, college and university leaders must better understand the various ways in which they can cultivate campus environments conducive to success. In this chapter, the authors discuss how higher education researchers can help institutional leaders foster these environments. To provide context for the discussion, they begin with a brief overview of the research on institutional factors that affect URM students' success in STEM. Then they offer an example of research that has uncovered how a trio of predominantly White institutions (PWIs) produced equitable educational outcomes among college students of color and their White peers. Finally, they discuss implications of this study for future research on underrepresented minority students in the STEM fields. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10