Collaborative Proposal: BRCC/LSU - A Partnership for STEM Student Success

合作提案：BRCC/LSU - STEM 学生成功的合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1161353
• 负责人: Dennis Taylor
• 金额: $ 97.74万
• 依托单位: Baton Rouge Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1161353&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Proposal; BRCC; LSU; Partnership

This project is expanding an existing partnership between Baton Rouge Community College Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Division (BRCC-STEM) and Louisiana State University College of Engineering (LSU-CoE) to increase STEM students' completion of two year Associates of Science (AS) and Applied Science (AAS) Degrees at BRCC and four year Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees at LSU (emphasizing Engineering/Construction Management - E/CM). One project outcome is to increase the number of BRCC AS/AAS E/CM graduates to 25 annually who have strong academic foundations for further E/CM study at LSU. For LSU, the goal is to improve the overall 2nd-3rd year retention and ultimately the cumulative 6th year graduation rate in engineering by 2-3% annually to the current university average for all entering freshmen (59%). Grounded in the "sense of community" lessons learned from an earlier STEP project, the results of small group discussions with BRCC students and research-based educational practices, these goals are being met through the following actions: 1) designing and implementing a pre-engineering learning community at BRCC; 2) integrating supplemental instruction/academic support such as Peer Lead Team Learning (PLTL) in core STEM/Engineering courses at both institutions; 3) expanding faculty development opportunities and supporting faculty-student interaction/collaboration across institutions that improves student learning; 4) providing the environment and training necessary to develop mentoring relationships among students (particularly transfer students), faculty and practicing professional/industry partners; and 5) implementing mechanisms for effective monitoring and continuous improvement. This project is serving as a model for STEM Student Success.

该项目正在扩大巴吞鲁日社区学院科学、技术、工程和数学部(BRCC-STEM)和路易斯安那州立大学工程学院(LSU-COE)之间的现有合作伙伴关系，以增加STEM学生在BRCC获得两年制理科(AS)和应用科学(AAS)学位，在路易斯安那州立大学(LSU)获得四年制理学士(BS)学位(重点是工程/建筑管理-E/CM)。一个项目成果是将BRCC AS/AAS E/CM毕业生的数量增加到每年25人，他们为在路易斯安那州立大学进一步学习E/CM奠定了坚实的学术基础。对于路易斯安那州立大学来说，其目标是提高总体的2-3年保留率，最终提高工程专业6年的累计毕业率，达到目前大学新生平均水平(59%)的2-3%。基于从早期项目、与BRCC学生进行小组讨论的结果和基于研究的教育实践中学到的“社区意识”，这些目标正在通过以下行动实现：1)在BRCC设计和实施工程前学习社区；2)在两所学院的核心STEM/工程课程中整合补充指导/学术支持，如同行领导团队学习(PLTL)；3)扩大教师发展机会，支持跨机构的师生互动/合作，以改善学生的学习；4)提供必要的环境和培训，以发展学生(特别是转校生)、教师和执业专业/行业合作伙伴之间的指导关系；以及5)实施有效监督和持续改进的机制。该项目是STEM学生成功的典范。