Work in Progress: Assessment of the Querétaro Beca Embajadores Summer Program and Implications for Self-Efficacy and Interest in Graduate School

STEM-interested Latino students often experience significant push factors leading to attrition and college departures. Effective summer interventions can enhance their graduation rates and self-efficacy. This paper presents ongoing work to describe the key features and assessment of a 10-day residential summer enrichment opportunity designed by a faculty team at Morehead State University. The researchers applied a mixed methods approach to collect assessment data, mediated by locally designed pre and postsurveys. Participants reported increased self-efficacy and motivation to complete their undergraduate studies and pursue graduate studies. For the workshops, most pre and postsurvey content scores by objective showed significant improvements, as measured by effect size and Hake gain statistics. Detailed inferential statistics and thematic analyses of qualitative data are planned to identify best practices and improvement areas.