'That Sounds Like Something Geniuses Do': Exploring How Vertical Transfer Computing Students Conceptualize PhD Pathways
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| Title: | 'That Sounds Like Something Geniuses Do': Exploring How Vertical Transfer Computing Students Conceptualize PhD Pathways |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Jennifer M. Blaney, Theresa E. Hernandez, Annie M. Wofford, David F. Feldon |
| Source: | Review of Higher Education. 2025 48(2):307-340. |
| Availability: | Johns Hopkins University Press. 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Tel: 800-548-1784; Tel: 410-516-6987; Fax: 410-516-6968; e-mail: jlorder@jhupress.jhu.edu; Web site: https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/list |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 34 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contract Number: | 2044858 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education Two Year Colleges |
| Descriptors: | Computer Science, Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Academic Aspiration, Doctoral Programs, Guided Pathways, STEM Education, Social Cognition, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, College Students |
| Geographic Terms: | California |
| DOI: | 10.1353/rhe.2025.a946309 |
| ISSN: | 0162-5748 1090-7009 |
| Abstract: | There are currently too few computer science faculty to meet student demand, and faculty from historically minoritized groups are severely underrepresented. Expanding pathways from community colleges to PhDs is one critical avenue to both grow and diversify the computer science professoriate that has been underexplored. To gain insight into these pathways, this phenomenological study utilizes interviews with community college transfer students in computer science to examine how they conceptualize PhD study as part of their academic trajectories. Findings highlight experiences (e.g., serving as a tutor) that promote early interest in PhDs among this diverse and talented group of students. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1462665 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | There are currently too few computer science faculty to meet student demand, and faculty from historically minoritized groups are severely underrepresented. Expanding pathways from community colleges to PhDs is one critical avenue to both grow and diversify the computer science professoriate that has been underexplored. To gain insight into these pathways, this phenomenological study utilizes interviews with community college transfer students in computer science to examine how they conceptualize PhD study as part of their academic trajectories. Findings highlight experiences (e.g., serving as a tutor) that promote early interest in PhDs among this diverse and talented group of students. |
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| ISSN: | 0162-5748 1090-7009 |
| DOI: | 10.1353/rhe.2025.a946309 |
