Online biology degree program broadens access for women, first-generation to college, and low-income students, but grade disparities remain

• Chris Mead ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chris Mead, K. Supriya

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Education Through Exploration, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4547-6830

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• K. Supriya ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chris Mead, K. Supriya

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biology Education Research Lab, Research for Inclusive STEM Education Center, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• Yi Zheng,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• Ariel D. Anbar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Education Through Exploration, School of Earth and Space Exploration, School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• James P. Collins,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• Paul LePore,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• Sara E. Brownell

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Sara.Brownell@asu.edu

  Affiliation Biology Education Research Lab, Research for Inclusive STEM Education Center, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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