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Not All Disadvantages Are Equal: Racial/Ethnic Minority Students Have Largest Disadvantage among Demographic Groups in Both STEM and Non-STEM GPA

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  • المؤلفون: Whitcomb, Kyle M. (ORCID Whitcomb, Kyle M. (ORCID 0000-0002-4358-7345); Cwik, Sonja (ORCID Cwik, Sonja (ORCID 0000-0002-2288-8325); Singh, Chandralekha
  • اللغة:
    English
  • المصدر:
    AERA Open. Jan-Dec 2021 7(1).
  • الموضوع:
    2021
  • نوع التسجيلة:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • معلومة اضافية
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • المصدر:
      16
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
    • Contract Number:
      1524575
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
      Postsecondary Education
    • الموضوع:
      Racial Bias; Ethnicity; Minority Group Students; Grade Point Average; STEM Education; Socioeconomic Status; First Generation College Students; Equal Education; Grades (Scholastic); Gender Bias; Social Bias; Low Income Students; Graduation Rate; Majors (Students); Intellectual Disciplines; Undergraduate Students
    • ISSN:
      2332-8584
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      An analysis of institutional data to understand the outcome of obstacles faced by students from historically disadvantaged backgrounds is important in order to work toward promoting equity and inclusion. We use 10 years of institutional data at a large public research university to investigate the grades earned by students categorized on four demographic characteristics: gender, race/ethnicity, low-income status, and first-generation college student status. We find that on average across all years of study, underrepresented minority (URM) students experience a larger penalty to their mean overall and STEM GPA than even the most disadvantaged non-URM students. Moreover, the URM students with additional disadvantages due to socioeconomic status or first-generation college status were further penalized in their average GPA. These inequitable outcomes point to systemic inequities in higher education for students with historically disadvantaged backgrounds and the need to dismantle institutional inertia to support them.
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      As Provided
    • الموضوع:
      2022
    • الرقم المعرف:
      EJ1323545