STEPS (Students Targeting Engineering and Physical Science)

该项目包括计划通过提高一年级新生和转校生的保留率来增加加州州立大学北岭分校(CSUN)自然科学和工程学士学位的数量。其目标是根据国家和已建立的校园最佳实践，建立一个成功的支持网络。该项目的主要组成部分是：1)培养低级数学方面的成功，2)第一年后的暑期跨学科团队体验，以及3)职业意识活动。考虑到该机构被指定为拉美裔服务机构，预计许多额外的学位将由代表性不足的学生获得。此外，CSUN还为该地区提供服务，在该地区，大多数准备上大学的学生在经济上处于不利地位，他们是第一代攻读大学学位的人。

This project includes plans to increase the number of bachelor degrees in natural science and engineering at California State University Northridge (CSUN) by increasing retention rates of first-time freshmen and of transfer students. The goal is to develop a support network for success based on national and established campus best practices. Major components of the project are: 1) fostering success in lower-division mathematics, 2) a summer interdisciplinary team experience after the first year, and 3) career awareness activities. Many of the additional degrees are expected to be earned by underrepresented students given that the institution is designated as Hispanic-serving. In addition, CSUN serves a region in which a majority of college-bound students are economically disadvantaged and are the first generation to pursue a college degree.