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Meyerhoff Scholars Program: A Strengths‐Based, Institution‐Wide Approach to Increasing Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
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The Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County is widely viewed as a national model of a program that enhances the number of underrepresented minority students who pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics PhDs. The current article provides an overview of the program and the institution‐wide change process that led to its development, as well as a summary of key outcome and process evaluation research findings. African American Meyerhoff students are 5× more likely than comparison students to pursue a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics PhD. Program components viewed by the students as most beneficial include financial scholarship, being a part of the Meyerhoff Program community, the Summer Bridge program, study groups, and summer research. Qualitative findings from interviews and focus groups demonstrate the importance of the Meyerhoff Program in creating a sense of belonging and a shared identity, encouraging professional development, and emphasizing the importance of academic skills. Among Meyerhoff students, several precollege and college factors have emerged as predictors of successful entrance into a PhD program in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, including precollege research excitement, precollege intrinsic math/science motivation, number of summer research experiences during college, and college grade point average. Limitations of the research to date are noted, and directions for future research are proposed. Mt Sinai J Med 79:610–623, 2012 © 2012 Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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Metadata
- Authors
- Maton, K. I., Pollard, S. A., McDougall Weise, T. V., & Hrabowski, F. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Venue
- Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine: A Journal of Translational and Personalized Medicine
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-09
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 610-623
- ISSN
- 0027-2507 (ISSN-L)
- 1931-7581
- PMC
- PMC3444508
- OpenAlex
- W2044343289
- Cited by
- 143
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 15.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine A Journal of Translational and Personalized Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM075278, R25GM055036)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Career Development and Diversity
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
- Keywords
- underrepresented minority students, African American students, institutional change, strengths-based approach, sense of belonging, professional development, summer research experience
- MeSH terms
- Workforce, Black or African American, Education, Graduate, Education, Medical, Engineering, Fellowships and Scholarships, Female, Humans, Male, Maryland, Mathematics, Minority Groups, School Admission Criteria, Technology, Program Evaluation, Models, Educational, Cultural Diversity, Biomedical Research
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