ERIC Number: EJ1407176
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1534-8431
EISSN: EISSN-1532-771X
Hispanic/Latinx STEM Majors Applying to Graduate School: The Role of Family, Peers, and Undergraduate Research Programs in Facilitating Community Cultural Wealth
Angelica Monarrez; Angela Frederick; Danielle X. Morales; Lourdes E. Echegoyen; Amy Wagler
Journal of Latinos and Education, v23 n1 p205-219 2024
This paper examines the critical transition from undergraduate to graduate biomedical education and focuses on Hispanic/Latinx students who participated in a biomedical undergraduate research program at a Hispanic-Serving Institution located on the US-Mexico border. We use the community cultural wealth (CCW) framework to analyze 13 qualitative interviews about students' experiences applying to graduate school in biomedical fields and how different program activities allowed students to navigate the graduate school application process. Our findings suggest that different programmatic activities (research experiences, research mentorship, workshops, family involvement, and advising) facilitated students' graduate school application process by enhancing different types of cultural capital: aspirational, familial, social, navigational, and resistant.
Descriptors: STEM Education, Graduate Study, College Applicants, Biomedicine, Hispanic American Students, Majors (Students), Minority Serving Institutions, Cultural Capital, Academic Aspiration, Student Attitudes, Mentors, Research Training, Geographic Regions, Family Involvement, Academic Advising, Undergraduate Students, Self Esteem
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (DHHS/NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: RL5GM118969; TL4GM118971; UL1GM118970