TEST UP: Talent Expansion in Science and Technology - An Urban Partnership

为了让更多的社区大学STEM转移到四年制大学和更多的STEM学士学位，加州南部三所大学的数学和科学部门创建了科技人才扩展：城市伙伴关系（TEST：UP）。这个合作计划涉及加州州立大学，富勒顿（CSUF），一个四年制的综合性大学和山。圣安东尼奥学院（Mt. SAC）和圣安娜学院（SAC），CSUF的两个支线社区学院。测试：UP包括联合举措，以吸引，招募和留住STEM学生，并最终扩大STEM转移到CSUF和其他四年制学校的数量。测试：UP是一个由管理人员，教师和工作人员密切合作的协调网络：1）改善咨询，指导和指导机会，并在两年制机构的学生中增强STEM职业的知识，在旅行“学术成功教练”的帮助下; 2）在所有三个机构提供STEM学习社区; 3）通过学术卓越研讨会（AEW），补充指导（SI）和辅导计划，提高学生在社区学院关键数学和科学入门课程中的参与度，学习和成功;以及4）为对两年制大学教学职业感兴趣的CSUF STEM研究生开发教学实习生计划。所有三个TEST：UP校区都在将有效的TEST：UP计划组成部分制度化，从而永久性地改变他们的STEM教育和学习方法。更多的当地大学被邀请加入合作，扩大其影响力。

To produce more community college STEM transfers to four-year institutions and more STEM baccalaureates, the math and science divisions at three southern California institutions created Talent Expansion in Science and Technology: An Urban Partnership (TEST:UP). This collaborative program involves California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), a four-year, comprehensive university and Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) and Santa Ana College (SAC), two of CSUF's feeder community colleges. TEST:UP includes joint initiatives to engage, recruit, and retain STEM students and ultimately expand the numbers of STEM transfers to CSUF and other four-year schools. TEST:UP is a coordinated network of administrators, faculty, and staff working closely together to: 1) improve counseling, guidance, and mentoring opportunities and enhance knowledge of STEM careers for students at the two-year institutions, with the aid of a traveling 'academic success coach'; 2) offer STEM learning communities at all three institutions; 3) improve student engagement, learning, and success in pivotal math and science introductory courses at the community colleges through academic excellence workshops (AEWs), supplemental instruction (SI), and tutoring programs; and 4) develop a teaching intern program for CSUF STEM graduate students interested in two-year college teaching careers. All three TEST:UP campuses are institutionalizing effective TEST:UP program components, making permanent changes in their approaches to STEM education and advisement. Additional local colleges are being invited to join the collaboration, extending its influence.