Undergraduate researchers’ graduate school intentions during COVID-19,Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Undergraduate researchers’ graduate school intentions during COVID-19
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ( IF 4.1 ) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 , DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14698
Danielle X Morales ₁ , Sara E Grineski ₂ , Timothy W Collins ₃

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There is emerging literature on the disruptive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on college students, but little is known about the impacts on undergraduate researchers (UGRs). On the basis of survey data collected in Summer 2020, this paper examines how less competent mentorship and COVID-19–related difficulties shaped UGRs’ graduate school intentions. Results suggest that the pandemic strengthened UGRs’ graduate school intentions when UGRs experienced fewer COVID-19–related difficulties. The pandemic weakened URG's graduate school intentions when they had a less competent faculty mentor. Having a more competent postgraduate mentor had a positive effect on UGRs’ graduate school intentions in response to the pandemic. Those findings indicate that higher quality postgraduate mentorship may serve as an effective surrogate for lower quality faculty mentorship. Findings suggest that immediate strategies are needed to bolster graduate school aspirations among specific groups of UGRs in response to the pandemic. UGRs of particular concern include those who were highly impacted by COVID-19 with less competent mentors, were first-generation college students, had less prior research experience, had their Summer 2020 research experiences canceled, and were social/behavioral sciences majors.

中文翻译：

COVID-19 期间本科生研究人员的研究生学习意向

关于 COVID-19 大流行对大学生的破坏性影响的文献不断涌现，但对本科生研究人员 (UGR) 的影响知之甚少。根据 2020 年夏季收集的调查数据，本文研究了指导能力不足和与 COVID-19 相关的困难如何影响 UGR 的研究生学习意图。结果表明，当 UGR 遇到与 COVID-19 相关的困难较少时，大流行加强了 UGR 的研究生学习意图。大流行削弱了 URG 的研究生院意图，因为他们的教师导师能力较差。拥有更称职的研究生导师对 UGR 的研究生院应对大流行的意图产生了积极影响。这些研究结果表明，较高质量的研究生指导可以作为较低质量教师指导的有效替代品。研究结果表明，需要立即采取战略来增强特定 UGR 群体的研究生院愿望，以应对这一流行病。特别值得关注的 UGR 包括那些受 COVID-19 影响很大、导师能力较差的人、第一代大学生、先前的研究经验较少、取消了 2020 年夏季研究经验以及社会/行为科学专业的学生。

更新日期：2021-09-20

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