Northern New Jersey Bridges to the Baccalaureate (NNJ-B2B)

路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟（LSAMP）项目中的“通往学士学位之桥”（B2B）项目为社区学院（两年制院校）联盟提供支持，以加速将历史上在STEM领域代表性不足的学生转移到四年制院校攻读STEM学士学位。预计B2B联盟将为来自弱势群体的STEM学生提供通往学士学位的桥梁，这些学生将在社区大学开始他们的教学。北新泽西通往学士学位的桥梁（NNJ-B2B）联盟是新泽西北部五所公立的、授予副学士学位的西班牙裔服务机构（hsi）的合作伙伴关系：帕塞克县社区学院（牵头机构）、卑尔根社区学院、哈德逊县社区学院、米德尔塞克斯县学院和联合县学院。NNJ-B2B将与花园州LSAMP （GS-LSAMP）计划协同工作，以增加在STEM领域代表性不足的学生的数量，这些学生成功地从五所合作社区学院转到新泽西州四年制大学的STEM项目。通过帮助900多名来自弱势群体的学生进入GS-LSAMP机构的STEM学士学位课程，NNJ-B2B的合作院校将为他们的学生提供更多的就业机会，从而形成更多样化、更具全球竞争力的STEM劳动力。根据社区大学生参与中心最近进行的一项研究A Matter of degree，“参与多种高影响力实践的社区大学生比不参加这些活动的学生更投入学习，并获得更好的成果。”通过与GS-LSAMP的合作，NNJ-B2B合作伙伴将要求学生参与一套强大的STEM学习体验，这将向他们灌输在STEM课程中取得成功并转入大学所需的动机、技能和经验。STEM学习经验将包括以下五个高影响力的实践：本科研究、同伴领导的团队学习（PLTL）、数学桥梁项目、同伴指导和职业/转移研讨会。每个NNJ-B2B联盟合作伙伴都将带头开发、完善和分享五个最佳实践模块中的一个，然后将致力于在各自的校园中复制所有五个高影响力的实践。NNJ-B2B联盟的活动将改善合作校园的STEM教育，提高STEM学士学位课程的转换率。

The Bridge to the Baccalaureate (B2B) track in the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program provides support for alliances of community colleges (2-year institutions) to accelerate the transfer of students historically underrepresented in STEM to four-year institutions in pursuit of STEM baccalaureate degrees. It is expected that B2B alliances provide a bridge to the baccalaureate degree for STEM students from underrepresented populations who begin their instruction at a community college. The Northern New Jersey Bridges to the Baccalaureate (NNJ-B2B) Alliance is a partnership of five, public, associate-degree granting, Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in northern New Jersey: Passaic County Community College (lead institution), Bergen Community College, Hudson County Community College, Middlesex County College, and Union County College. NNJ-B2B will work synergistically with the Garden State LSAMP (GS-LSAMP) Program to increase the number of students underrepresented in STEM who successfully transfer from the five partner community colleges to STEM programs at four-year institutions in New Jersey. By assisting more than 900 students from underrepresented populations transition into baccalaureate STEM degree programs at institutions in the GS-LSAMP, the partner colleges in NNJ-B2B will provide their students with access to more employment opportunities thereby resulting in a more diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce.According to A Matter of Degrees, a recent study conducted by the Center for Community College Student Engagement, "community college students who participate in multiple high impact practices are more engaged in their learning and experience better outcomes than students who do not participate in these activities." In collaboration GS-LSAMP, NNJ-B2B partners will require that students participate in a powerful set of STEM learning experiences that will instill in them the motivation, skills, and experiences needed to succeed in their STEM coursework and transfer to the universities. The STEM learning experiences will include the following five high impact practices: undergraduate research, peer led team learning (PLTL), Math Bridge programs, peer mentoring, and career/transfer seminars. Each of the NNJ-B2B Alliance partners will serve as the lead in developing, refining, and sharing one of five best practices modules and will then commit to replicating all five high impact practices on their respective campuses. The activities of the NNJ-B2B Alliance will result in improved STEM education on the partner campuses and an increased transfer rate into STEM baccalaureate degree programs.