Postbaccalaureate Terminal Degree and Career Choices of Students Who Performed Undergraduate Research

Autor/inn/en	Sens, Donald A.; Bobylev, Mikhail; Cisek, Karen L.; Garrett, Scott H.; Somji, Seema; Sens, Mary A.; Doze, Van A.
Titel	Postbaccalaureate Terminal Degree and Career Choices of Students Who Performed Undergraduate Research
Quelle	In: Advances in Physiology Education, 45 (2021) 2, S.418-425 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1043-4046
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Undergraduate Students; Research Universities; Career Choice; Majors (Students); Research Training; Comparative Analysis; Graduate Study; Education Majors; Medical Schools; Biomedicine; Rural Areas; Minority Group Students; Institutional Characteristics; Tribally Controlled Education; Minority Serving Institutions; Student Recruitment; Preferences; Doctoral Programs; Masters Programs; Student Attitudes; Health Sciences; Student Characteristics; North Dakota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Forschungseinrichtung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Medizinische Ausbildung; Biomedizin; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Doktorandenprogramm; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This study analyzed terminal degree and career choices of students who performed undergraduate research. In one analysis, the study compared terminal degree and career choices between a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) and traditional non-course-based undergraduate research experiences at one primarily undergraduate institution (PUI). Students who pursued postbaccalaureate programs chose terminal degrees at levels exceeding 75%, with no significant difference between a CURE experience and a traditional research experience. Analysis of terminal degree and career choices at four PUIs providing traditional research experiences showed a marked difference in the number of students pursuing terminal degrees. Two PUIs showed rates > 75%, whereas students at the other two PUIs pursued terminal degrees <50% of the time. The majority of students not pursuing terminal degrees chose M.S. degrees in education and healthcare. An analysis was also performed among students participating in traditional summer undergraduate research on a research-intensive university (RIU) campus with a medical school. Students were accepted from two programs, an NIH IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program recruiting students from the RIU and an NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program recruiting undergraduates from rural PUIs and minority-serving institutions, particularly tribal colleges. Analysis showed that >70% of the students who pursued postbaccalaureate programs chose terminal degrees. INBRE undergraduates displayed a marked preference for the M.D. degree (73.9% vs. 17.4%), whereas the REU students chose the Ph.D. degree (75.0% vs. 22.9%). American Indian students were also analyzed separately for career choice and showed an equal preference for the M.D. and Ph.D. degrees when pursuing postbaccalaureate education. Overall, the results provide evidence that undergraduate student research stimulates student careers in areas needed by the nation's citizen stakeholders. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01