An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning.

ABSTRACT: Engaging undergraduate students in scientific research promises substantial benefits, but it is not accessible to all students and is rarely implemented early in college education, when it will have the greatest impact. An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) provides a centralized scientific and administrative infrastructure enabling engagement of large numbers of students at different types of institutions. The Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) is an iREC that promotes engagement and continued involvement in science among beginning undergraduate students. The SEA-PHAGES students show strong gains correlated with persistence relative to those in traditional laboratory courses regardless of academic, ethnic, gender, a

SUBMITTER: Hanauer DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5754813 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature