Supporting Community College Transfer Students to Earn STEM Baccalaureate Degrees

支持社区大学转学生获得 STEM 学士学位

• 批准号: 1458430
• 负责人: Sam Pazicni
• 金额: $ 62.9万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-03-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458430&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Supporting; Community; College; Transfer; Students

The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) at the University of New Hampshire Durham will collaborate with the Community College System of New Hampshire to enhance emerging state and national initiatives, improve alignment between community colleges and four-year institutions, and increase the numbers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates. This scholarship program will be designed to provide community college transfers the level of commitment necessary for their success through scholarships to meet financial need, assertive and pro-active advising during their entire university career, and a classroom and research based cohort-building seminar experience. The high level of initial engagement is critical to overcome transfer shock, which is reported in the literature and reflected in university statistics; however engagement of the scholars in on-campus activities until graduation is planned. The project will increase learning opportunities through the proactive engagement of community college and university faculty and improve teaching methods via engagement with the STEM Pedagogy Academy. Due to the nature of the institutions involved, the project will increase the diversity of university STEM graduates. Lessons learned from these efforts will be incorporated into state planning and can be replicated by other state universities partnering with state community college systems.Project activities will: (1) expose community college students to the STEM research enterprise and generate applications from community college students intending to major in CEPS disciplines; (2) increase retention, academic performance, and graduation rates among community college students transferring to the CEPS; (3) prepare scholars for career placement in the STEM workforce and/or further studies in STEM disciplines; and (4) provide university and community college faculty with the necessary resources to effectively teach, advise, and mentor community college transfer students. To address the project objectives, in addition to financial support, the project will provide the following student support services and programs: (1) structured and on-going academic support, advising, and mentoring; (2) an introduction to STEM culture and university academic resources, community building activities, research experiences, career preparation, and counseling through the cohort experience of a special seminar course for community college transfers; (3) academic support regarding cognitively-based study skills and study skills instruction; (4) support to encourage faculty to undertake better student learning practices through the STEM Pedagogy Academy; and (5) exposure to research and careers in STEM disciplines in introductory courses at the community colleges.

新罕布什尔大学达勒姆分校工程与物理科学学院 (CEPS) 将与新罕布什尔州社区学院系统合作，加强新兴的州和国家举措，改善社区学院和四年制院校之间的协调，并增加数量科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 毕业生。该奖学金计划旨在通过奖学金满足经济需求、在整个大学生涯中提供自信和积极的建议，以及基于课堂和研究的队列建设研讨会经验，为社区学院的学生提供成功所需的承诺水平。高水平的初始参与对于克服转学冲击至关重要，这一点在文献中有所报道并在大学统计数据中得到反映；然而，计划让学者们参与校园活动直至毕业。该项目将通过社区学院和大学教师的积极参与增加学习机会，并通过与 STEM 教育学院的合作改进教学方法。由于所涉及机构的性质，该项目将增加大学 STEM 毕业生的多样性。从这些努力中汲取的经验教训将纳入州规划，并可由与州社区学院系统合作的其他州立大学复制。项目活动将：(1) 让社区学院的学生接触 STEM 研究企业，并为有意向的社区学院学生提供申请。主修CEPS学科； (2) 提高转入 CEPS 的社区学院学生的保留率、学习成绩和毕业率； (3) 为学者在 STEM 劳动力中的职业安置和/或在 STEM 学科的进一步学习做好准备； (4) 为大学和社区学院教师提供必要的资源，以有效地教授、建议和指导社区学院转学生。为了实现项目目标，除了财务支持外，该项目还将提供以下学生支持服务和计划：（1）结构化和持续的学术支持、建议和指导； (2) 通过社区大学转学特别研讨会课程的队列体验介绍STEM文化和大学学术资源、社区建设活动、研究经验、职业准备和咨询； (3) 关于基于认知的学习技能和学习技能指导的学术支持； (4) 支持鼓励教师通过 STEM 教育学院进行更好的学生学习实践； (5) 在社区学院的入门课程中接触 STEM 学科的研究和职业。