STEP UP - Science Talent Expansion Program in Urban Polynesia

卡皮奥拉尼社区学院正在实施一项综合计划，将基于研究的最佳实践与成功的校园创新相结合，以增加进入 STEM 专业的高中生数量以及完成 STEM 领域副学士学位和学士学位的学生数量。 该计划包括整合高中生招生和夏季桥梁强化准备；侵入性建议；同伴导师的补充指导；在学院不断发展的 STEM 学习中心进行本科生研究；师生参与基于网络的课程策略以及基于社区的研究和服务；以及电子作品集和简历开发。 学院坚定地致力于帮助多元化的岛屿学生做好转学到四年制院校并毕业并在 STEM 职业生涯中取得成功的准备。该项目的四个主要目标是：1) 将学院 STEM 管道中的学生人数从 185 人增加到 485 人，同时提供持续的支持。2) 将理学副学士学位完成者的人数从零增加到 290.3) 将夏威夷大学马诺阿分校 (UHM) 和夏威夷大学希洛分校 (UHH) 两个合作机构的入学人数从 90 人增加到 280.4) 制度化并提供持续的支持学院的电子档案系统提供有关学生体验、学生成绩的评估数据，并为 STEM 学生学位、职业探索和简历发展提供平台。该项目还以成功的 STEM 策略为基础，并将其推广到成绩优异的学生，特别是那些在 STEM 领域代表性不足的太平洋裔和菲律宾裔学生。更广泛的影响包括向六所主要支线高中的学生提供 STEM 机会，建立专注于生命科学和物理科学的理学副学士学位，该学位可以被夏威夷大学系统的其他两年制校园采用和改编，并在全州范围内产生更多 STEM 专业和学位完成者的影响。 STEM 本科研究途径将学生与 UH 学士学位校园、国家研究实验室和 STEM 行业的职业联系起来。现有的服务学习合作伙伴关系使学生能够完成与 STEM 相关的研究项目，从而对学校、社区和生态系统产生积极影响。在区域上，通过最近由 NSF 资助的“机会岛：路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟 (LSAMP)”赠款，成功的 STEM 战略正在通过教师和学生会议以及网络演示与其他 13 所太平洋岛屿学院分享。在全国范围内，KCC 通过教师和学生在社区学院创新联盟、2007 年 6 月在檀香山举行的美国电气工程师协会、夏威夷地区空间资助联盟和校园契约等会议上的演讲，分享成功的 STEM 策略、途径和学位。学院还通过校园契约每年为十个州的学院和大学提供与 STEM 相关的公民参与培训和技术援助。

Kapiolani Community College is implementing a comprehensive plan that adapts and integrates research-based best practices with successful campus-based innovations to increase the numbers of high school students entering STEM majors as well as the numbers of students completing associate and baccalaureate degrees in STEM fields. This plan includes integrating high school student recruitment and intensive Summer Bridge preparation; intrusive advising; supplemental instruction by peer mentors; undergraduate research in the College's evolving STEM Learning Center; faculty-student engagement in web-based course strategies and community based research and service; and e-portfolio and resume development. The College is strongly committing to prepare its diverse island students for transfer to and graduation from four-year institutions and success in STEM Careers. The project's four major goals are:1) Increasing the number of students in the College's STEM pipeline from 185 to 485 while providing ongoing support.2) Increasing the number of Associate in Science degree completers from zero to 290.3) Increasing the number of students matriculating to two collaborating institutions, theUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) and UH Hilo (UHH), from 90 to 280.4) Institutionalizing and providing ongoing support for STEM students in the pipeline.The College's e-portfolio system is providing assessment data on the student experience, student outcomes, as well as providing a platform for STEM student degree and career exploration and resume development. The project is also building on and extending successful STEM strategies to high achieving students, especially those of Pacific and Filipino ancestry who are under-represented in STEM fields.The Broader Impact includes extending STEM opportunities to students at six major feeder high schools, establishing an Associate in Science degree with concentrations in Life Science and Physical Science which can be adopted and adapted by other two-year campuses in the University of Hawaii system, and have statewide impact in producing additional STEM majors and degree completers. STEM undergraduate research pathways is connecting students to UH baccalaureate campuses, national research labs, and careers in STEM industries. Existing service-learning partnerships are enabling students to complete STEM-related research projects that positively impact schools, communities, and ecosystems. Regionally, successful STEM strategies are being shared through faculty and student conference and web-based presentations with 13 other Pacific island colleges through the "Islands of Opportunity: Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)" grant recently funded by NSF. Nationally, KCC is sharing successful STEM strategies, pathways, and degrees through faculty and student presentations at conferences of the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, the American Society of Electrical Engineers in Honolulu in June 2007, the regional Hawaii Space Grant Consortium and Campus Compact and others. The College is also providing STEM-related civic engagement training and technical assistance for colleges and universities in ten states per year through Campus Compact.