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Vora, Natasha J.; Vatcheva, Kristina; Saldivar, Manuel G.; Nair, Saraswathy; Lehker, Michael W.; Chew, Sue Anne – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
The Biomedical Freshman Research Initiative (BFRI) is a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), a hispanic-serving institution. Our analysis showed that BFRI participation was associated with retention in the BS in Biomedical Science program and at UTRGV. No significant difference…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, College Freshmen, Student Research, Student Experience
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Goonatilake, Rohitha; Ni, Qingwen; Moran-Lopez, Juan M. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2009
As in other educational programs, scholarship programs offer mentoring to the recipients. In order to cultivate the maximum benefit, each recipient needs to be guided and appropriately advised, first to achieve the goals of the program and secondly, to benefit themselves from the scholarship. The purpose of the article is to investigate this…
Descriptors: Mentors, Computer Science, Scholarships, Science Education
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Kinkel, Doreen H.; Henke, Scott E. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2006
An undergraduate research mentoring program (URMP), initiated at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, was developed (1) to aid undergraduate wildlife students in the design, conduct, and analysis of original research projects; and (2) to encourage students to become effective written and oral communicators by preparing a manuscript of their…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Wildlife, Employment, Educational Planning