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Lisa M. Harlan-Williams; Marcia Pomeroy; W. Todd Moore; Karin Chang; Devin C. Koestler; Emily Nissen; John Fife; Megha Ramaswamy; Danny R. Welch; Roy A. Jensen – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2024
The Accelerate Cancer Education (ACE) summer research program at The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) is a six-week, cancer-focused, summer research experience for high school students from historically marginalized populations in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Cancer affects all populations and continues to be the second leading…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Cancer, Scientific Research, High School Students
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Ralph Imondi; Kristin M. Bass; Ruchita Patel; Linda Santschi – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2019
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) represent distinctive learning environments that are organized around a well-articulated design framework aimed at broadening student participation in scientific research. Among the published descriptions of CURE models that are currently available in the education research literature, the…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, STEM Education, High School Students, Scientific Research
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Witzel, Lakisha; MacCormack, Jean; Nielsen, Katherine; Smith, Rebecca – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
Since 1987, nearly 450 high school students have participated in the High School Intern Program (HIP) led by the Science and Health Education Partnership (SEP) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Acceptance is not contingent upon grades, being solidly on a path to college, or commitment to a science career. Rather, HIP seeks…
Descriptors: High School Students, Science Interests, Science Careers, Internship Programs
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Noé Rubén Chávez; Alexandra Race; Marisa Bowers; Susan Kane; Christopher Sistrunk – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2019
There is a critical need for more effective comprehensive programs to increase the number of underrepresented minority students pursuing scientific careers. Science education often is fragmented, delivered with single-focused approaches - traditional classroom lectures, or hands-on-activities, or conducting research. The current paper examines a…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Adolescents, Minority Group Students, Authentic Learning