MARCU*STAR In Action In Contrasting University Settings

MARCU*STAR 在对比大学环境中的行动

• 批准号: 6940852
• 负责人: Reba N Page
• 金额: $ 44.73万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-16 至 2008-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6940852
• 关键词: career; clinical research; continuing education; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; governmental health /scientific organization; health science profession; health science research; health science research potential; minority health professional; postgraduate education; role model; science education; training; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): MARCU*STAR in Action in Contrasting University Settings seeks to clarify the relationship between science curriculum, federal policy, and identity formation by providing a comprehensive description and analysis of the long-standing NIH intervention, MARCU*STAR (Minority Access to Research Careers, Undergraduate Science Training and Research), whose purpose is to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities in careers as research scientists. Using a longitudinal, contextualized, multidisciplinary and multi-method research design, it will provide (i) a well-theorized and empirically-based model of how minority youth move, in the standard and enriched MARCU curriculum, from being science majors to novice researchers, with an eye toward graduate school and careers as research scientists, (ii) an evidentiary baseline of what MARCU*STAR's curriculum is in practice, (iii) the often tacit assumptions about race/ethnicity, science, and the federal role in health and education that undergird the curriculum, and (iv) suggestions for modifying practice and policy that derive from the research knowledge. The research is important and relevant to health because the persisting under-representation of some minorities in science threatens the legitimacy of the science community, public support for the federal resources science commands, and knowledge production and knowledge utilization in the biomedical sciences.

描述（由申请人提供）：MARCU*STAR 在对比大学环境中的行动旨在通过提供对 NIH 长期干预措施 MARCU*STAR 的全面描述和分析来澄清科学课程、联邦政策和身份形成之间的关系。少数族裔获得研究职业、本科科学培训和研究），其目的是增加在研究科学家职业中代表性不足的少数族裔的数量和竞争力。 采用纵向、情境化、多学科和多方法的研究设计，它将提供 (i) 一个基于理论和实证的模型，说明少数族裔青年如何在标准和丰富的 MARCU 课程中从科学专业人士转变为新手研究人员着眼于研究生院和研究科学家的职业生涯，(ii) MARCU*STAR 课程实际情况的证据基线，(iii) 关于种族/族裔、科学和文化的常见默认假设联邦在支撑课程的健康和教育方面的作用，以及（iv）根据研究知识修改实践和政策的建议。 这项研究非常重要并且与健康相关，因为科学界中一些少数群体的代表性持续不足，威胁到科学界的合法性、公众对联邦资源科学命令的支持以及生物医学科学中的知识生产和知识利用。