Assessing the Success of the 2020 Kansas State Research and Extension Summer Research Program: A Virtual Research Experience

Lonnie Hobbs, Zelia Z. Wiley and Raymond Thomas

Professional Agricultural Workers Journal (PAWJ), 2021, vol. 8, issue 01

Abstract: Ethnic minorities, and specifically African American students are not participating in graduate programs at the same rate as non-minority students. In 2006, Kansas State University College of Agriculture Diversity Programs Office (DPO) established the Kansas State Research and Extension (KSRE) Summer Research Fellows Program to expose African American and other ethnic minority students to the agricultural sciences graduate research opportunities. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 KSRE Summer Research Fellows Program was held virtually to protect the health and safety of participants. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the virtual program. Data from five 2020 participants were collected using a 5-point Likert scale assessment and analyzed as a case study and by descriptive statistics. As a result of this case study, participants successfully gained knowledge of graduate school and careers in agriculture. Findings will be utilized to further enhance student experience in the program.

Keywords: Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.319679

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