Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates Through a STEM Learning Community
Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates Through a STEM Learning Community
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DOI：
10.1177/1521025115584746
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发表时间：
2016-08-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Young, Cynthia
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作者：
Dagley, Melissa;Georgiopoulos, Michael;Young, Cynthia
EXCEL计划始于2006年，最初是由美国国家科学基金会赞助的STEM人才扩展计划，由于其对STEM专业留住的重大影响，自那以来已成为中佛罗里达大学的一项制度化计划。中佛罗里达大学的EXCEL计划每年招收约200名STEM一年级学生，加入一个包含住宿/社交和课程组成部分的学习社区。EXCEL组的第一年留校率、长期留校率和毕业率都高于对照组。在EXCEL项目中，STEM专业学生的总体保留率比对照组高43%。特别是，在EXCEL项目中，女性、非裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人表现出很高的保留率(54%、57%和67%)和毕业率(35%、27%和50%)。EXCEL计划的庞大群体规模和包罗万象的性质使其成为解决当前STEM毕业生需求的独特模式。
The EXCEL Program began as a National Science Foundation-sponsored STEM Talent Expansion Program in 2006 and, because of its significant impact on retention of STEM majors, has since become an institutionalized program at the University of Central Florida. The University of Central Florida EXCEL Program annually recruits approximately 200 first-year STEM students into a learning community with residential/social and curricular components. First-year retention, long-term retention, and graduation rates are all higher for the EXCEL cohorts than the comparison groups. Overall retention of students in a STEM major is 43% higher for the EXCEL Program than the comparison group. In particular, women, African Americans, and Hispanics in the EXCEL Program have demonstrated high retention (54%, 57%, and 67%) and graduation rates (35%, 27%, and 50%). The large cohort size and all-inclusive nature of the EXCEL Program makes it a unique model for addressing the current need for STEM graduates.