摘要：According to the National Survey on Student Engagement (NSSE), it has been shown that academic engagement and environmental characteristics influence student success. Students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) tend to have academic profiles that are different from students attending Predominantly White Institutions (PWI’s). These factors tend to result in a negative effect on student engagement in the academic environment. To instill academic engagement, an Undergraduate Scholarship Showcase (USS) was implemented at a public HBCU in the Southeast. The showcase allowed select students the opportunity to collaborate with faculty on current research, and disseminate the findings at an on-campus poster session.
