Collaborative Research: Systematic Review of Studies to Improve Success in STEM Degree Programs of Hispanic Students Matriculating through Two-year Institutions

该项目综合了现有的关于西班牙裔学生从两年制大学转到四年制大学的初步研究。尽管大量研究已经确定了西班牙裔学生在高等教育中面临的文化和社会经济挑战，但对西班牙裔STEM学生的了解却少得多，而且几乎没有针对西班牙裔STEM转校生的大规模研究。该研究将确定西班牙裔STEM转校生的成功和失败模式，并确定与促进西班牙裔STEM本科生转学、保留和毕业的干预措施有效性相关的因素。这一综合将有助于实现PCAST的建议，到2018年再增加100万名STEM毕业生，支持联邦机构内的努力，以提高STEM中代表性不足的学生的成功，并增加对基于已发表研究的全面综合的有效知识。指导这一系统综述的研究问题是：哪些学生和背景特征和干预措施被先前的研究确定为支持在两年制大学入学的西班牙裔学生成功转学和完成STEM学士学位？对几个数据库的初步范围审查产生了1,328个潜在来源，为该系统审查提供信息，以制定针对西班牙裔STEM转学生的框架。大多数留用和转移工作都是以社会融合的框架为基础的。这个框架的一个很好的例子是：Vincent Tinto，“离开大学：重新思考学生流失的原因和治疗”，芝加哥：芝加哥大学出版社，1993年。一些人发现，这种观点与西班牙裔学生的关系不大。一个例子是Tatiana Melguizo的工作，“社区大学是西班牙裔学生获得学士学位的另一种途径吗？”《师专学刊》2008年第110卷第12期。

This project is a comprehensive synthesis of existing primary studies of transfer of Hispanic students from 2-year to 4-year institutions. Although substantial research has identified cultural and socioeconomic challenges facing Hispanic students in higher education, much less is known about Hispanic STEM students, and virtually no large scale studies have studied Hispanic STEM transfer students specifically. The study will identify patterns of successes and failures of Hispanic STEM transfer students and identify factors related to effectiveness of interventions to promote transfer, retention, and graduation of Hispanic STEM undergraduates. This synthesis will contribute to achieving PCAST recommendations for a million more STEM graduates by 2018, supporting efforts within federal agencies to improve the success of under-represented students in STEM, and increasing knowledge about what works based on a comprehensive synthesis of published research. The research question guiding this systematic review is: What student and contextual characteristics and interventions have prior studies identified as supporting successful transfer and STEM bachelor's degree completion of Hispanic students who matriculate at two-year institutions? A preliminary scoping review of several databases yielded 1,328 potential sources to inform this systematic review to develop a framework specific to Hispanic STEM transfer students. Most retention and transfer work has been based on a framework of social integration. A good example of this framework is: Vincent Tinto, "Leaving college: Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. This perspective has been found by some to be less relevant to Hispanic students. An example is the work of Tatiana Melguizo, "Are community colleges an alternative path for Hispanic students to attain a bachelor's degree?" Teachers College Record, Volume 110, No. 12, 2008.