Addressing the challenge of diversity in the graduate ranks: good practices yield good outcomes.

ABSTRACT: In this paper, we examine the impact of implementing three systemic practices on the diversity and institutional culture in biomedical and public health PhD training at Brown University. We hypothesized that these practices, designed as part of the National Institutes of Health-funded Initiative to Maximize Student Development (IMSD) program in the Division of Biology and Medicine, would have a positive effect on underrepresented minority (URM) recruitment and retention and objective measures of student success. These practices include: 1) develop strategic partnerships with selected undergraduate institutions; 2) provide a personalized education program of student support and skill-based modules to supplement discipline-based course work; and 3) transform institutional culture by engaging

SUBMITTER: Thompson NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3587852 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature