Developing Scholars Program

The Developing Scholars Program (DSP) is an undergraduate research opportunity program for underrepresented students. The DSP, now in its ninth year, has tripled in size since its inception in 2000.  It is making a major impact on Latino/a graduations at Kansas State University, especially in the biomedical sciences, as we recruit, support, retain, and graduate first-generation, Latino/a students from immigrant families from southwest Kansas and the meatpacking industry and from our urban centers.  By collaborating with community colleges in the southwest Kansas and by using university admissions representatives, we have established a significant pathway for first-generation Latino/a students to transfer to Kansas State's Developing Scholars Program or to enter directly from high school.