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Christine M. Ambrosino; Kelvin D. Gorospe; Lisa B. Limeri; Seaenna Correa-Garcia; Malia Ana J. Rivera – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Hawai?i students, and in particular Native Hawaiian students, face high rates of attrition and low representation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) academic majors and careers, but place-based Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) such as the Research Experiences in Marine Science (REMS) summer program…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Indigenous Populations, Place Based Education
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Honoré, Matt; Keller, Thomas E.; Lindwall, Jen; Crist, Rachel; Bienen, Leslie; Zell, Adrienne – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
The authors developed a novel tool, the CREDIT URE, to define and measure roles performed by undergraduate students working in research placements. Derived from an open-source taxonomy for determining authorship credit, the CREDIT URE defines 14 possible roles, allowing students and their research mentors to rate the degree to which students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Research Projects, Student Role
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Kaua Kalaiwa‘a; Honu‘aina Nichols; Lomani H. Rova; Miku M. Lenentine – Science Education and Civic Engagement, 2024
Cultural resilience in disaster management is crucial for Indigenous communities. The Action 15 Resilience Hub Network Project on the Hawaiian Island of O'ahu addresses resilience planning gaps through community-based research led by undergraduate students at Kapi'olani Community College. Though the project initially utilized a Western urban…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Resilience (Psychology)
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Zorec, Klavdija – Educational Perspectives, 2020
In this paper, the author reflects on experiences with being an outsider researcher during their dissertation in which they worked with six undergraduate Native Hawaiian mentees and their six faculty mentors. Four mentor participants self-identified as Hawaiian themselves, whereas two mentors were non-Hawaiians. In this qualitative study, the…
Descriptors: Hawaiians, Mentors, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty
Soong, Shelley – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Three studies were conducted for this dissertation around the broader topic of improving undergraduate health research training programs for Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Peoples (NHOPP), and increasing the likelihood of NHOPP pursuing health science research careers. The first study systematically examined existing published literature on…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Research Training, Disproportionate Representation
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Tuthill, Matthew C.; Berestecky, John M. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2017
Studies consistently indicate that engaging students in research is successful in improving STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) retention and graduation rates. Given that nearly half of all U.S. students are enrolled in community colleges, and that 70% of those enrolled are either women or underrepresented ethnicities, these campuses…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Study, Two Year Colleges, Two Year College Students