SURFing toward a doctoral degree

The SURF NIST Boulder program has been established to address the nation's worsening shortage of career researchers through its outreach activities aimed at recruitment of outstanding students that are either underrepresented in science or engineering or from regional colleges that may have limited research opportunities for undergraduates (Magee, 2005; and Magee, 2006). This investigation will provide information that will enable program administrators to adapt the program to better meet its objectives.