The article "Considering The Impact Of Racial Stigmas And Science Identity: Persistence Among Biomedical And Behavioral Science Aspirants" by Sylvia Hurtado, et al. claims that racial interactions play a role in how much underrrepresented minorities (URMs) stay with a science major. Their research involving Biomedical and Behavioral Science (BBS) degrees with minorities was the focus of the paper. The research involved African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans (they refer to it as “American Indian”) and this makes up URM. Their research claims if a URM student has more negative racial interactions then this will make him or her more likely to drop BBS degrees and change to a different degree. Statistically, the pupulation they surveyed was ~75% female, and was pretty dispersed regarding URMs (equal percentages of each of the three races listed for URMs). Also, they introduce a statistic that “only 24% of underrepresented students complete a bachelor’s degree in science within six years of college entry, as compared to 40% of White students.” (Hurtado 1) When the article mentions negative racial interactions, it is regarding both “[feeling] insulted or threatened because of race [or] ethnicity” from other students and “hear[ing] faculty express stereotypes about racial/ethnic groups in class.” (Hurtado 10)
Sylvia Hurtado, et al. "Considering The Impact Of Racial Stigmas And Science Identity: Persistence Among Biomedical And Behavioral Science Aspirants." Journal Of Higher Education 82.5 (2011): 564-596. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Apr. 2012.
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