Relationships in Science Education (RISE)

该项目有五个主要目标：1)增加获得副学士学位的STEM学生数量；2)增加STEM学生转读学士学位院校的人数；3)增加STEM专业、毕业生和转校生的多样性；4)增加通过“把关STEM”序列成功晋级的STEM专业学生数量；5)缩短获得副学士学位的平均时间。在这个项目中，每个STEM部门的教师都修改了他们的课程，以增加学生的主动学习和参与。他们还参加RISE学生支持服务。现有的学生服务正在得到加强，以创建一个专门支持STEM专业的核心服务。另一种更为广泛的服务——“STEP It Up!”正在逐步实施，并进行测试，以确定对学生成功的影响。RISE项目也通过严格的研究设计来评估其项目。该项目与当地高中及其家长咨询委员会进行外部合作，以改善STEM学生的学业准备，招募女性和代表性不足的少数民族学生，并提高STEM职业意识。在内部，该项目与现有的校园数学，工程，科学成就（MESA）计划合作，以招募和留住STEM中代表性不足的学生。传播实验证实的成功经验和吸取的教训对教育界产生了更广泛的影响。

This project pursues five major objectives: 1) Increasing the number of STEM students graduating with associate degrees; 2) Increasing the number of STEM students transferring to baccalaureate institutions; 3) Increasing the diversity of STEM majors, graduates and transfers; 4) Increasing the number of STEM majors progressing successfully through gatekeeper STEM sequences; and 5) Decreasing the average time to associates degrees. In this project, the faculty members in every STEM department revise their curricula to increase active learning and engagement of students. They also participate in RISE student support services. Existing student services are being enhanced to create a core of services specifically in support of STEM majors. A second tier of more expansive services called "STEP It Up!" is being phased in and tested to determine the impacts on student success. The RISE project is also evaluating its program through a rigorous research design. This project collaborates externally with local high schools and their parent advisory committee to improve academic preparation for STEM students, to recruit women and underrepresented minority students and to increase STEM career awareness. Internally the project works with the existing on-campus Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program to recruit and retain underrepresented students in STEM. Dissemination of the experimentally validated successes and lessons learned provides broader impact to the education community.