New Study by Jones Examines Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Academic Enrichment Programs
Posted: 5/23/2024 ()
CSDE Affiliate Kristian Jones (Social Work) published an article in Cureus with colleagues, titled “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Time to Completion of Academic Enrichment Program Applications“. Diversity in healthcare and research is integral to serving our increasingly diverse population. Access to academic enrichment programs, an important pathway to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers promotes educational attainment through academic preparation and increased interest, useful strategies for improving diverse representation in higher learning. Given this important pathway to STEM fields, attention to equity in enrichment programs admissions is as important as the increasing focus on mitigating racial/ethnic disparities in undergraduate and graduate admissions. In a retrospective cohort study at the University of Washington, authors compare a hybrid competitive summer application program with stipend with an asynchronous first-come, first-served enrollment program in injury and violence prevention research. The main findings illustrate that academic programs with stipend programs result in more Black applicants. And free enrollment programs did not result in any Native American participants. This project was funded NICHD and also included UW Medicine’s Dr. Marie Angele Theard as the senior author.