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- Title
Can a Merit-Based Scholarship Program Increase Science and Engineering Baccalaureates?
- Authors
Baker, Joe G.
- Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the following question: To what extent would a nationally competitive scholarship program increase science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree awards to our "best and brightest"? This inquiry is prompted by a 2006 report of a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm," which proposed a national STEM scholarship program to improve United States competitiveness. Using the Department of Education National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS-88), high school graduates from the class of 1992 who would potentially win such a scholarship were identified using ACT/SAT /AP test scores, grade point averages (GPA) and class standing, high school classes completed, and science fair participation. NELS-88 college transcript data indicated alower bound estimate of between 60% to 80% of students likely to win the merit scholarships are already completing STEM degrees.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SCIENCE scholarships &; fellowships; SCIENCE education; ENGINEERING scholarships; ENGINEERING education; MATHEMATICS education; STUDENT financial aid; HIGH school graduates; SCIENCE fairs
- Publication
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2008, Vol 31, Issue 3, p198
- ISSN
0162-3532
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4219/jeg-2008-766