Mentoring relationships are embedded in the educational process in higher education. This
chapter reviews scholarly work on mentoring in higher education for undergraduates …

Background In response to the landmark report “Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the
Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering,” the NIH Office of Research on …

Despite considerable efforts to enhance participation of underrepresented demographics,
participation of scholars of color in STEM remains stagnant. In contrast to other academic …

Background Undergraduate research experiences are becoming essential for pursuing
future opportunities in science, but little has been done to identify what factors predict which …

Increasing and diversifying participation in science remains a key educational policy
concern for governments across the world. Science capital has been proposed as a useful …

The Graduate Student Internships for Career Exploration (GSICE) program at the University
of California, San Francisco (UCSF), offers structured training and hands-on experience …

Building on literature addressing doctoral student socialization and scientific research
groups, we qualitatively explore the gendered nature of laboratory rotations for 54 women …

The persistence of a diversity deficit in the science, technology, engineering, and math
(STEM) fields has motivated much research and discussion aimed toward creating a more …

Mentorship is a catalyst capable of unleashing one's potential for discovery, curiosity, and
participation in STEMM and subsequently improving the training environment in which that …

Improvement in the proportion of underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities (URMs) in
academic positions has been unsatisfactory. Although this is a complex problem, one key …