STEP for Underutilized Populations

该项目是一项区域倡议，涉及加州大学洛杉矶分校、加州州立大学洛杉矶分校和数学、工程、科学成就社区学院。 它是建立在现有的计划和建立新的干预措施，创造教育机构，研究中心和学生多样性保留计划之间的伙伴关系，以增加工程和物理科学学位的数量。 该项目的重点是新生、社区学院转学生和高年级学生中代表性不足的少数民族。它将影响每年960名学生，并将在五年时间轴内将CSULA和UCLA授予URM的工程和物理科学学士学位数量从190增加到380。 驱动愿景是通过补充教育计划和服务，积极参与支持性学习社区，部门保留计划和研究中心的当前和潜在的学生连接这些通常断开的学生。 该项目的主要目标是：（1）可供代表性不足的社区学院学生追求工程和物理科学学士学位的途径数量，（2）URM社区学院学生成功转入UCLA和CSULA工程和物理科学课程的数量，（3）URM工程和物理科学学生在UCLA和CSULA及其支线社区学院合作伙伴的毕业保留，以及（4）URM工程和物理科学毕业生在UCLA和CSULA的数量。 它包括四项举措：一个社区学院招聘和发展计划，一个转移桥梁和核心保留计划，一个新生桥梁和保留计划，以及校园范围的学习社区。

The project is a regional initiative involving University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) and Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Community Colleges. It is building upon existing programs and establishing new interventions that create partnerships among educational institutions, research centers, and student diversity retention programs to increase the number of engineering and physical science degrees. The project focuses on underrepresented minorities (URM) among freshmen, community college transfers and upper-level established students. It will impact 960 students per year and will double the number of engineering and physical science BS degrees awarded to URM at both CSULA and UCLA from 190 to 380 within the five-year timeline. The driving vision is to connect these normally disconnected students through supplemental educational programs and services that actively involve current and potential students in supportive learning communities, department retention programs, and research centers. The project's main objectives are to increase: (1) the number of pathways available to underrepresented community college students in pursuit of engineering and physical science baccalaureate degrees, (2) the number of URM community college students who successfully transfer into UCLA and CSULA engineering and physical science programs, (3) the retention to graduation of URM engineering and physical science students at both UCLA and CSULA and its feeder community college partners, and (4) the number of URM engineering and physical science graduates at both UCLA and CSULA. It includes four initiatives: a community college recruitment and development program, a transfer bridge and core retention program, a freshmen bridge and retention program, and campus-wide learning communities.