By offering students a chance to do research in fields they may have been interested in but couldn’t find at their own institutions, Fraser says officials hope to stimulate minority undergraduates to pursue higher degrees.
At Virginia State University, where the only doctorate offered is in education, provost Eric Thomas believes the program will help retain graduate students.
For U.Va. students, the program will offer social as well as academic benefits — among them, a taste of the unique traditions comprised in “the HBCU experience,” says student Gregory Jackson, who’s helping promote the program.
“This would be a good way for us to kind of step beyond what’s here ... what’s in our comfort zone,” he says.
— Associated Press
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