D Kim, S Kim, K Farris - Journal of Educational Thought, 2021 - researchgate.net

Understanding STEM PhD Production: The Interplay Among Institutional Selectivity, Race/Ethnicity, and Field of Study.

Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority-Serving Institutions Research Expansion Program AND Program Evaluation

Farris, Kim

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Excerpt

Focusing on census data of US doctoral recipients during the last 10 years, we examined PhD production and undergraduate origins with a particular emphasis on institutional selectivity. Specifically, this study had three overarching goals:(1) examining STEM PhD production with an emphasis on the selectivity of doctoral programs;(2) examining the selectivity of undergraduate origins among STEM PhDs from highly selective doctoral programs; and (3) examining whether the patterns of STEM PhD production and …