Introduction
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Date
2024-07-01
Authors
Dragoo, Christabelle
Schmitt, Kyla
Taylor, James
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University of Oregon
Abstract
The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program prepares low-income, first-generation college students and students from underrepresented groups to pursue graduate study that culminates in PhD degrees. At the encouragement of the McNair Foundation, Congress named the program to honor the legacy of Ronald McNair, an African American NASA astronaut and physicist who died aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. Each year, the UO supports approximately twenty-eight qualifying undergraduate McNair Scholars who show potential and commitment to complete doctoral-level work.