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ArticleCBE life sciences education2017

A Program Aimed toward Inclusive Excellence for Underrepresented Undergraduate Women in the Sciences.

Laura A Katz, Kathryn M Aloisio, Nicholas J Horton, Minh Ly, Sara Pruss, Kate Queeney, Cate Rowen, Patricia Marten DiBartolo

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Article in CBE life sciences education, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors.

Laura A KatzDepartment of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063.
Kathryn M AloisioInstitutional Research, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063.
Nicholas J HortonDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002.
Minh LyInstitutional Research, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063.
Sara PrussDepartment of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063.
Kate QueeneyDepartment of Chemistry, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063.
Cate RowenInstitutional Research, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063.
Patricia Marten DiBartoloDepartment of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063 pdibarto@smith.edu.

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Created to foster inclusive excellence, Smith College's Achieving Excellence in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science (AEMES) Scholars program provides early faculty-mentored research opportunities and other programming as a way to foster success in academic outcomes for underrepresented women in science. Using academic record data, we compared Scholars' outcomes over time with those of underrepresented students before program launch and to relevant peer comparison groups. Since its launch, AEMES Scholars have achieved significantly higher gateway life sciences course grade point averages (GPAs), rates of persistence in life and natural sciences, and participation in natural sciences advanced research relative to baseline. Gains for Scholars in gateway course GPA eliminated the significant gap that previously existed between science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-underrepresented and other students, whereas gains in natural sciences persistence now has Scholars continuing in STEM at significantly higher rates than all other students. Many of the gains for AEMES Scholars were echoed in findings of improved outcomes for our STEM students overall since AEMES' launch. Underrepresented students who were not part of the Scholars program also evidenced increased gateway course GPA over this same period. We discuss potential explanations for these outcomes and ongoing work aimed at achieving further inclusive excellence for women in the sciences.

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PMID28213581
PMCPMC5332037

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