Mentoring practices predictive of doctoral student outcomes in a biological sciences cohort
Reena Debray,
Emily A. Dewald-Wang,
Katherine K. Ennis
Abstract:Despite the well-known importance of a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives in biological research, women, racial and ethnic minorities, and students from non-traditional academic backgrounds remain underrepresented in the composition of university faculty. Through a study on doctoral students at a research-intensive university, we pinpoint graduate student advising as a critical component of this leaky pipeline. Graduate students from minority backgrounds reported lower levels of support from their advis… Show more
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