Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: Engaging Community College Students and Faculty.

ABSTRACT: Nearly half of all undergraduates are enrolled at community colleges (CCs), including the majority of U.S. students who represent groups underserved in the sciences. Yet only a small minority of studies published in discipline-based education research journals address CC biology students, faculty, courses, or authors. This marked underrepresentation of CC biology education research (BER) limits the availability of evidence that could be used to increase CC student success in biology programs. To address this issue, a diverse group of stakeholders convened at the Building Capacity for Biology Education Research at Community Colleges meeting to discuss how to increase the prevalence of CC BER and foster participation of CC faculty as BER collaborators and authors. The group identified charac

SUBMITTER: Schinske JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5459264 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature