ENA contrasted how students and alumni connected possible future STEM selves
International Journal of STEM Education
How current students and alumni in a STEM minority participation program connected identity themes while imagining future roles. Students connected action-taking with less-certain possible STEM roles, whereas alumni integrated a broader and more holistic set of identity facets when describing their futures. The cross-sectional student–alumni comparison, small program-linked samples, and interview design cannot establish individual developmental change or a causal program effect.
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