CSU-LSAMP International
Research Experience
Christina Goode1, PhD, Lisa Hammersley2, PhD. and Nicole Campos2
1California State University, Fullerton, 2California State University, Sacramento
High Impact Educational
Practices
• Using NSSE data, Kuh (2008) was able to show generally
positive relationships between high-impact practices (HIPs)
and student learning and achievement.
• Kuh recommended that every student ought to experience
at least two HIPs.
• Kuh further noted that underrepresented students—such
as first-generation college and URM students —are far less
likely to participate in any HIPs.
Kuh’s High-impact practices
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Learning community
Service-learning
Research with a faculty member
Internship, co-op, field experience
Diversity/Global learning
Culminating senior experience
60.00%
50.00%
Percentage graduating “on time”
Source: CSU
Northridge
Institutional
Research
August, 2010
Graduation
gap is 17%
55.00%
40.00%
38.00%
Latino/a
30.00%
Not Latino/a
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
0 HIP
70.00%
Gap is now
12%
Percentage graduating "on time"
60.00%
63.00%
55.00%
50.00%
49.00%
40.00%
38.00%
Latino/a
Not Latino/a
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
0 HIP
1 HIP
80.00%
Gap is now only 3%
Latino/a
Not Latino/a
70.00%
68.00%
65.00%
63.00%
Percentage graduating "on time".
60.00%
55.00%
50.00%
49.00%
40.00%
38.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
0 HIP
1 HIP
2 HIP
80.00%
Percentage graduating "on time"
70.00%
The gap has been
reversed!!!
73.00%
68.00%
69.00%
65.00%
63.00%
60.00%
55.00%
50.00%
49.00%
Latino/a
40.00%
Not Latino/a
38.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
0 HIP
1 HIP
2 HIP
3 HIP
CSU-LSAMP
• Learning community
• Research with a faculty
member
• Diversity/Global learning
Graduation year
Diversity/Global learning
• Courses and programs that explore other
cultures
• Study abroad programs
– Expensive
– Perceived to extend graduation
Diversity/Global learning
• Other campus programs
CSU-LSAMP
• The pilot program for this initiative was in
Austria in 2009.
• Offered again in expanded form in 2011.
• Recruitment was across the alliance.
• Involved the Medical University at Innsbruck .
CSU-LSAMP Thailand
• Built on a CSU Fullerton initiative which has been
sending students to participate in research at
Chiang Mai University since 2000.
• First offered in Winter break 2013 – all students
from CSUF.
• The summer 2013 LSAMP experience was funded
by CSU-LSAMP and supported eight students from
7 CSU campuses - two math majors, three
chemistry and three biology.
• The summer 2014 LSAMP experience required
partial funding from the students’ home
campuses.
Intercultural Competence
• Increased adaptability, flexibility, culturorelativism,
and empathy.
• Appropriate communication and behavior in an
intercultural situation
• Successful engagement between individuals or
groups who do not share the same cultural origins
or background
100.00%
The international research experience helped me to develop
strategies to use in contexts where language fluency varies
among a group in conversation.
90.00%
80.00%
The international research experience helped me to listen to
and communicate effectively with diverse people, using
appropriate verbal and nonverbal behavior, language and
strategies
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
The international research experience helped me to build
relationships with culturally diverse peers
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
Strongly agree
Moderately agree Neither agree nor
disagree
Moderately
disagree
Strongly disagree
Not
applicable/Unable
to judge
Add in another HIP?
• The program has increasingly emphasized
research
• In particular we have focused on the
physical sciences and applied science in
Thailand
Personal development
• More self-confidence
• Increased knowledge
• Clarity of career goals
1.00
The international research experience improved my
ability to think and work like a scientist
0.90
0.80
The international research experience led to my "feeling
like a scientist."
0.70
0.60
The international research experience increased my
confidence and ability to do research.
0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.10
0.00
Strongly agree
Moderately agree
Neither agree nor
disagree
Moderately disagree
Strongly disagree
Not applicable/Unable
to judge
0.90
0.80
The international research experience helped lead to
refinement of my career/education paths.
0.70
0.60
The international research experience provided real-world
work experience that enhanced my career/graduate school
preparation.
0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.10
0.00
Strongly agree
Moderately agree
Neither agree nor
disagree
Moderately disagree
Strongly disagree
Not applicable/Unable
to judge
Career goals
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Grad School (STEM)
Applying to grad school
(STEM)
Health Profession
Employed (STEM)
Not decided (Summer
2014)
Other (lost touch)
25
20
15
10
5
0
Hispanic
Black/African American
Asian/Asian American
White/Caucasian
Other
Native American/Alaskan
Native
Friendships
Acknowledgements
• LSAMP campus coordinators
• NSF grant #HRD-1302873
• CSU Office of the Chancellor