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Publications
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Mentoring
Affirmative Action
Studies and Evaluations Regarding Minorities in the Education System
- Barlow, A. and Villarejo, M. Making a Difference for Minorities: Evaluation of an Educational Enrichment Program. J. Res. Sci. Teach, 41:861-881. 2004. [Full Text] [repositories.cdlib.org]
- October 27, 2007: Minority Ph.D. Students Convene to Further Diversity in Faculty Ranks
From The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Mervis J. Straight Talk about STEM Education. Science, 317(5834): 78-81. 2007. [PubMed]
- July 18, 2007: Challenges for Black Colleges' Brightest in the Lab
From The New York Times
- November 1, 2007: Minority Professors Are Underrepresented in Top Science Programs, Report Says [chronicle.com]
From The Chronicle of Higher Education
- October 31, 2007: A National Analysis of MINORITIES in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities
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From The University of Oklahoma Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- November 27, 2007: Characteristics of Minority-Serving Institutions and Minority Undergraduates Enrolled in These Institutions
From the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
- September 16, 2008: November Graduate Enrollment Degrees Report
From Council of Graduate Schools
- Science and Engineering Indicators 2008
Survey of Public Attitudes and Understanding of Science
From the National Science Foundation
- August 16, 2007: Universities fail to reward science and math professors for working with schoolteachers
From The Chronicle of Higher Education
- January 2008: News from the Pathways to College Network
From the Pathways to College Network News
- October 2008: Portrait of a Latina/o College Freshman at Four-Year Institutions, 1975-2006
From the Higher Education Research Institute
- Nettles, MT. and Millett, C.M. Three Magic Letters: Getting to Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2006.
- Annual status report: Minorities in higher education. 2000.
American Council on Education, Office of Minority Concerns, Washington, D.C.
- Maton, K. I. and F. A. Hrabowski. Increasing the number of African American PhDs in the sciences and engineering: A strengths-based approach. American Psychologist. 59(6):547-556. 2004. [PubMed]
- Nora, A. and A.F. Cabrera. The role of perceptions of prejudice and discrimination on the adjustment of minority students to college. Journal of Higher Education, 67:119-48. 1996.
- Villarejo, M. and Barlow, A. E. Evolution and Evaluation of a Biology Enrichment Program for Minorities. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 13:119-144. 2007.
- Merna Villarejo, Amy E. L. Barlow, Deborah Kogan, Brian D. Veazey, and Jennifer K. Sweeney. Encouraging Minority Undergraduates to Choose Science Careers: Career Paths Survey Results. CBE Life Sci Educ, 7:394-409. 2008. [Full Text]
- Jones, M.T.; Barlow, A.E.; and Villarejo, M. Importance of undergraduate research for minority student persistence in biology. Journal of Higher Education. [In Press]
- Lopatto, David. Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): First Findings. CBE Life Sci Educ, 3:270-277. 2004. [Full Text]
- October 2, 2003. The Long-Term Assessment of Minority Student Success in Berkeley’s Biology Scholars Program.
From the Center for Studies in Higher Education
- August 30, 1997: User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations
From the National Science Foundation
Graduation Rates of Under-represented Minorities (URMs)
National Programs
Factors in URM success
- April 21, 2008: Improving Black Graduation Rates is Mainly a Matter of Will, Report Says
From The Chronicle of Higher Education
- May 3-4, 2007: Understanding Interventions that Encourage Minorities to Pursue Research Careers
Report on Encouragement of Minority Researchers
From The National Academies
- January 11, 2008: Diversifying Through Football
From Inside Higher Ed
- High correlation between research experience and desire to be a college/university faculty member. Cole, S. and Barber, E. Increasing Faculty Diversity: The Occupational Choices of High-Achieving Minority Students. Harvard University Press. 2003.
- March 26, 2007: Estimating Causal Effects Using Experimental and Observational Designs
From Clifton Poodry, The American Education Research Association
- Russell, M. L. and M. M. Atwater. Traveling the road to success: A discourse on persistence throughout the science pipeline with African American students at a predominantly white institution. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 42(6):691-715. 2005.
- Brazziel, M. and F. Brazziel. Factors in decisions of underrepresented minorities to forego science and engineering doctoral study: A pilot study. Journal of Science Education and Technology 10:273-281. 2001.
- Cole, S. and E. Barber. Increasing faculty diversity: The occupational choices of high-achieving minority students. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press. 2003.
- Kang, K. Impact of research experiences for minority students. Enriching the Academic Experience of College Science Students, University of Michigan. 2007.
- Swail, W.S., K.E. Redd, and L. Perna. Retaining minority students in higher education: A framework for success. Association for the Study of Higher Education: San Francisco, CA. 2003.
- Byars-Winston, A., et al., Empirical insights into STEM retention of targeted students: A social cognitive approach. University of Wisconsin: Madison, Wisconsin. p. 12. 2007.
- Pewewardy, C. and B. Frey. Surviving the landscape: Perceptions of multicultural support services and racial climate at a predominately white university. The Journal of Negro Education, 2002. 71: p. 493-534.
- February 28, 2008: Enhancing Diversity in Science. A Leadership Retreat on the Role of Professional Associations and Scientific Societies
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From Consortium of Social Science Associations
Experiences and Stories
- Gandara P. Ethnographic study of exceptions, i.e. Mex-Amers w/ Ph.D.s. Over the Ivy Walls. SUNY Press. 1995.
- October 12, 2007: Experiences of ethnic minorities in science
From Science Careers
- October 12: 2007: Rita Thornton: Turning Obstacles into Steppingstones
From Science Careers
- Seymour, E. and N. Hewitt. Talking about leaving: Why undergraduates leave the sciences. Boulder, CO, Westview Press. 1997.
- Suarez-Balcazar, Y., et al. Experiences of differential treatment among college students of color. Journal of Higher Education, 74(4): 428-444. 2003.
- Hanson, S.L. African American women in science: Experiences from high school through the post-secondary years and beyond. National Women Studies Association Journal, 16: 96-115. 2004.
- Nathan, R. My freshman year: What a professor learned by becoming a student. New York, Cornell University Press. 2005.
- Beyer, C. H., G. M. Gillmore, et al. Inside the undergraduate experience: The University of Washington’s Study of Undergraduate Learning. San Francisco, CA, Anker Publishing. 2007.
Value of Undergraduate Research
- Lopatto, D. Survey of undergraduate research experiences (SURE): First findings. Cell Biology Education, 3:270-277. 2004. [PubMed Central]
- Nagda, B. A., S. R. Gregerman, et al. Undergraduate student-faculty research partnerships affect student retention. The Review of Higher Education, 22(1): 55-72. 1998.
- Seymour, E., A.-B. Hunter, et al. Establishing the benefits of research experiences for undergraduates in the sciences: First findings from a three-year study. Science Education, 88: 493-534. 2004.
- Hunter, A.-B., S. L. Laursen, et al. Becoming a scientist: The role of undergraduate research in students' cognitive, personal, and professional development. Science Education, 91(36). 2007.
- Hathaway, R. S., B. A. Nagda, et al. The relationship of undergraduate research participation to graduate and professional education pursuit: An empirical study. Journal of College Student Development, 43(5):614-631. 2002.
- Russell, S. H., M. P. Hancock, et al. Benefits of undergraduate research experiences. Science, 316(5824):548-549. 2007.
Posted: March 30, 2009
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