A Rorrer, B Swan - ICERI2017 Proceedings, 2017 - library.iated.org

DEVELOPING INCLUSIVE LAB CLIMATES FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS: A NATIONAL STUDY OF COMPUTING FACULTY.

Broadening Participation in Computing AND Program Evaluation

Rorrer

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Excerpt

The National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsors approximately 700 programs for undergraduate research project sites with 7,000 college student participants, commonly referred to as Research Experiences for Undergraduates, or REUs, in scientific disciplines at US universities each summer. Many of these programs seek to increase student retention, to encourage students to pursue graduate education, and to diversify participation in the sciences, technology, engineering, and math fields. While REU sites share common goals …