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Changing Minds:
Structural Components and Framework of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program &
Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows Program
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
LaMont F. Toliver, DirectorMeyerhoff Scholars Program
Justine M. Johnson, Assistant DirectorMeyerhoff Graduate Fellows Program
• Program History
• Barriers of Success
• Structural Components
• Indicators of Success
• Conclusion
Outline
UMBC Profile• Midsize public university - Founded in 1966
11,650 students (9,406 U and 2,244 G)
• 35% minority enrollment(Black 14%, Asian 17%, Hispanic & Native American 4%)
• 1391 Freshmen SAT (top quartile)
• 41% of students in STEM fields
• Awarded 81 Ph.D’s in 2006
• What are we known for?
Meyerhoff Scholars Program• Founders and Purpose
• Milestones of 1989, 1991 and 1995
• …now open to all high-achieving high
school seniors who have an interest in pursuing doctoral study in the sciences or engineering, and who are interested in the advancement of minorities in the sciences and related fields.
• Growth in Numbers
07-08 Program Demographics
Applicants 612
Candidates 225
Offers 88
Yield 58
Avg. HS GPA 4.3
Avg. MSAT 723
African American
125 (56%)
Asian/Pacific Islander
44 (20%)
Caucasian 42 (19%)
Hispanic 19 (10%)
Native American 02 (1%)
Male 115 (52%)
Female 107 (48%)
Freshman Class Current Program Demographics
• Fear of disapproval or rejection by Peers• Perceived hostile or unsupportive
environment• Inadequate socialization to the attitudinal
and behavioral demands of the Academy• Specific gaps in knowledge and skill
development• Limited exposure to models of academic
excellence and scholarly practice• Overall low expectations• Financial aid
Barriers of Success
Structural Components
• Recruitment• Financial Aid• Summer Bridge Program• Tutoring• Summer Research Internships• Faculty Involvement and Commitment• Peer Study Groups• Program Values• Sense of Community• Personal Advisement & Counseling
Administrative Components
InstitutionalCommitment
InstitutionalCommitment
Financial AidFinancial Aid
RecruitmentRecruitment
Faculty/Staff Involvement
Faculty/Staff Involvement
Academic Components
Personal Advising/
Counseling
Personal Advising/
Counseling
Peer StudyGroups
Peer StudyGroups
Research Experience
Research Experience
Summer Bridge
Summer Bridge
Social Components
Summer Bridge
Summer Bridge
Senseof
Community
Senseof
Community
Program Values
Program Values
ParentalSupport
ParentalSupport
Indicators of SuccessM1 – M15
15
39
78
93
59
51
190
98
131
0 50 100 150 200
MD/PhD
PhD
MD
Masters
Employed
Completed Enrolled
Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows Program
The Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows Program
• Began in 1996 with an MBRS-IMSD grant from NIH with two students - one in Chemistry and one in Psychology
• There are currently 47 fellows in the program and 15 students have completed the Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D.
• … open to all who have an interest in
pursuing doctoral study in the biomedical or behavioral sciences, and who are interested in the advancement of minorities in the sciences and related fields.
• Retention rate of the program is 75%
Program Demographics
Number enrolled 11
Average GPA 3.5
Average GRE Math
609
Incoming Class Fall 2007
Ph.D’s Awarded by Program
Program Ph.D’s Awarded
Biological Science 3
Chemistry 4
Biochemistry 4
Psychology 3
Mechanical Eng. 1
Meyerhoff Graduate Structural Components
• Salary Support and Health Benefits• Summer Bridge Program• Tutoring• Monthly Research Meetings• Minority Speaker Series• Travel to National Conferences• Supply Funding for Mentor Labs• Annual Retreat• Sense of Community• Personal Advisement & Counseling• Support through Degree Completion
Administrative Components
DepartmentalCommitment
DepartmentalCommitment
Salary SupportSalary Support
RecruitmentRecruitment
Staff Involvement
Staff Involvement
Academic Component
Summer BridgeSummer Bridge
Peer Research Presentations
Peer Research Presentations
Research Presentations at
National Meetings
Research Presentations at
National Meetings
PersonalAdvising/
Counseling &Tutoring
PersonalAdvising/
Counseling &Tutoring
Social Component
SummerBridge
SummerBridge
Monthly Meetings
Monthly Meetings
Sense ofCommunity
Sense ofCommunity
Annual Retreat
Annual Retreat
Indicators of Success• Retention
• Academic Performance
• Impact on University
• Graduate Placement
• Graduate Program Completion
• Administrative Support
• Faculty/Departmental Involvement
• Bridge Program
• Sense of Community & Identity
• High Expectations
Conclusion
• Faculty have to care more than others is wise
• Administrators have to risk more than others think is safe
• University has to dare more than others think is practical
• Students have to dream more than others think is possible
Change Minds by. . .
Finally
Mr. T, Please change the MD number to 98. Mike
“If It takes an entire Village. . .”
Social
Administrative
Academic
Acknowledgements
• Freeman Hrabowski, PhD • Robert and Jane Meyerhoff• Michael F. Summers, PhD• UMBC Community• Meyerhoff Program Staff• Meyerhoff Scholars & Fellows
Special thanks to National Human Genome Research Institute
Contact Information
• Meyerhoff Scholars ProgramLaMont F. Toliver
[email protected]/meyerhoff
410.455.3139 office410.455.1281 fax
• Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows ProgramJustine M. Johnson or Michael F. Summers, [email protected] or [email protected]
www.umbc.edu/meyerhoff/Graduate410.455.3124 office410.455.1174 fax