A Linear Leadership Development Model for STEM Success
abstract: A Linear Leadership Development Model for STEM Success Delaware State University (DSU), and Historically Black University (HBCU) with an 82% minority enrollment, is developing a tradition of producing minority graduates who subsequently enter Ph.D. programs in biomedical sciences. Not only does DSU's NIH-funded MARC program have a 100% success rate for sending graduates on to graduate school, but in recent years, DSU has also significantly increased the number of undergraduate students involved in research on campus, thus strengthening student applications for graduate school. DSU has also upgraded and expanded biomedical Master's programs to produce more graduates intent on entering Ph.D. programs. In the current application, we propose to build upon that foundation to increase the number and quality of underrepresented students graduating from DSU in STEM areas and entering into Ph.D. programs. We propose a linear leadership development model, beginning with undergraduate freshman and sophomores and extending through Master's level graduate students. Our first focus will be to engage students in research and career development activities early in their academic program within an intrusive mentoring network of both faculty and graduate students. Our second focus will be adopting a Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) model of cooperative learning, which will serve a 3-fold purpose: 1) to enhance our current curriculum, making classes more inquiry-based, 2) to help students succeed in gatekeeper courses and transition successfully from introductory to more advanced material, and 3) to continue the leadership development of both RISE scholars and other undergraduate academic achievers, moving them into peer leader positions. Incorporating the PLTL model into our courses will foster a more academic culture for all science majors and will likely serve as a model for other disciplines on campus. The third focus of our proposed program will be to support students in DSU's biome…
end date: 2015-03-31
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principal investigator name: VAN GOLEN, CYNTHIA M.
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