The Life Cycle of Culturally Responsive Student-Centered STEMM Intervention Programs

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Abstract

Severe inequities for underrepresented student groups (URGs) in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) fields has remained a topic of national concern for decades. Research has demonstrated the efficacy of STEMM intervention programs (SIPs) in addressing disparate STEMM outcomes. However, there is a dearth of research examining the process of developing, implementing, and sustaining programs. Using a multiple case study approach and organizational theory, this study tracks the life cycle of the Chancellor’s Science Scholars program at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Millennium Scholars Program at Penn State (University Park), two SIPs modeled after the nationally successful Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. This study provides campuses with important practical and theoretical implications for SIPs.

Author

• Edwin J. Perez, University of Texas - El Paso