TABLE 2.
Difference in URs and the general student population. The numbers represent the percentage of URs in each category minus the percentage of students who have not participated in research in each category, so that positive numbers mean that the category is overrepresented in UR. Negative numbers mean that those students are underrepresented in UR (* p < 0.01 and ** p < 0.001), items in bold are all statistically significant based on the mean comparison. 1Difference in early career GPA instead of percentage. 2 University 1 provided incoming GPA (high school or transfer) instead of early GPA. The relationship was also significant and positive.
| Univ. 1 | Univ. 2 | Univ. 3 | Univ.4 | Univ. 5 | Univ. 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enter Status, First-Time, First-Year | 8%** | 8%* | 28%** | –6%** | –1% | 51%** |
| STEM | 9%** | 43%** | 4% | 32%** | 6% | 55%** |
| White | 0% | 5% | 9%** | 1% | 1% | –5% |
| Black | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | –11%** | –6%* |
| Asian | 1% | 4%* | –4%* | –3%* | 5% | 7%* |
| Native American | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Latino/a/x | 0% | –6% | 2% | –1% | 9%* | –3% |
| Multi-Racial | 1% | –3%* | 1%* | 1% | 0% | 3% |
| Gender Female | 2% | –1%** | –8%** | –1% | –5% | –19%** |
| Pell Eligible | 1% | 1% | 0% | 8% | 0% | –1% |
| First-Generation | 3%* | –2% | –4%* | 8%** | 0% | –1% |
| Prior Academic Performance1 | +**2 | 0.33** | 0.11** | 0.20** | 0.20** | 0.58** |