The Utica Campus Community College Transformation HBCU-UP Initiative

摘要HRD 0928354 Hinds社区学院自然科学部正计划制定和实施一项计划，以增加完成学士学位的学生人数。度预期的战略是加强支持学生的桥梁？从高中衔接到社区学院，从社区学院衔接到学位授予机构，以获得学士学位。STEM的程度。这项工作是在早期未供资需求评估的基础上进行的，包括SACS的自我研究。HCC正在努力确定需要改进的具体组件，以提供高质量的本科STEM教育，以支持学生？从HCC衔接到学位授予机构追求学士学位STEM的程度。计划开展的活动包括：数据收集和分析，与地区学校和企业的咨询，以及对示范项目的实地考察。海因兹社区学院（HCC），尤蒂卡校区，是一所小型的历史悠久的黑人社区学院，位于密西西比州的海因兹县。HCC地区有超过10,700名学分制学生，其中50%以上是少数民族。一个强大的STEM项目和课程/专业发展模式可以影响整个地区代表性不足的少数民族学生，并作为该州其他地区的典范。

ABSTRACT HRD 0928354The Natural Science Division of Hinds Community College District is planning to develop and implement an initiative to increase the number of students who complete B.S. degrees. The anticipated strategy is to strengthen bridges that support students? articulation from high school to community college and from community college to degree-granting institutions in pursuit of a B.S. degree in STEM. This effort builds on an early unfunded needs assessment including a SACS self-study. HCC is working to identify specific components that need improvement in order to provide a high quality undergraduate STEM education to support students? articulation from HCC to degree-granting institutions in pursuit of a B.S. degree in STEM. Planned activities include: data collection and analysis, consultation with area schools and businesses, and site visits to model programs.Hinds Community College (HCC), Utica Campus, is a small Historically Black Community College located in Hinds County, Mississippi. The HCC district has more than 10,700 credit students and is more than 50 percent minority. A strong STEM program and curriculum/professional development model can affect underrepresented minority students district-wide and serve as a model for the rest of the state.