Supporting Community College Transfer Students to Earn STEM Baccalaureate Degrees

支持社区大学转学生获得 STEM 学士学位

• 批准号: 1458430
• 负责人: Sam Pazicni
• 金额: $ 62.9万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-03-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458430&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Supporting; Community; College; Transfer; Students

The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) at the University of New Hampshire Durham will collaborate with the Community College System of New Hampshire to enhance emerging state and national initiatives, improve alignment between community colleges and four-year institutions, and increase the numbers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates. This scholarship program will be designed to provide community college transfers the level of commitment necessary for their success through scholarships to meet financial need, assertive and pro-active advising during their entire university career, and a classroom and research based cohort-building seminar experience. The high level of initial engagement is critical to overcome transfer shock, which is reported in the literature and reflected in university statistics; however engagement of the scholars in on-campus activities until graduation is planned. The project will increase learning opportunities through the proactive engagement of community college and university faculty and improve teaching methods via engagement with the STEM Pedagogy Academy. Due to the nature of the institutions involved, the project will increase the diversity of university STEM graduates. Lessons learned from these efforts will be incorporated into state planning and can be replicated by other state universities partnering with state community college systems.Project activities will: (1) expose community college students to the STEM research enterprise and generate applications from community college students intending to major in CEPS disciplines; (2) increase retention, academic performance, and graduation rates among community college students transferring to the CEPS; (3) prepare scholars for career placement in the STEM workforce and/or further studies in STEM disciplines; and (4) provide university and community college faculty with the necessary resources to effectively teach, advise, and mentor community college transfer students. To address the project objectives, in addition to financial support, the project will provide the following student support services and programs: (1) structured and on-going academic support, advising, and mentoring; (2) an introduction to STEM culture and university academic resources, community building activities, research experiences, career preparation, and counseling through the cohort experience of a special seminar course for community college transfers; (3) academic support regarding cognitively-based study skills and study skills instruction; (4) support to encourage faculty to undertake better student learning practices through the STEM Pedagogy Academy; and (5) exposure to research and careers in STEM disciplines in introductory courses at the community colleges.

新罕布什尔大学达勒姆大学（University of New Hampshire Durham）的工程与体育科学学院（CEPS）将与新罕布什尔州社区学院系统合作，以增强新兴国家和国家倡议，改善社区学院和四年制机构之间的一致性，并增加科学，技术，技术，工程和数学（STEM）毕业生的数量。该奖学金计划将旨在为社区学院提供通过奖学金来满足财务需求，自信和积极主动的咨询所必需的承诺水平，并在整个大学职业生涯中以及基于课堂和研究的同伙建设研讨会经验。高水平的初始参与对于克服转移冲击至关重要，这在文献中报道并反映在大学统计中。但是，计划毕业直到计划毕业。该项目将通过社区学院和大学教师的积极参与来增加学习机会，并通过与STEM教育学学院的参与来改善教学方法。由于所涉及的机构的性质，该项目将增加大学STEM毕业生的多样性。从这些努力中学到的经验教训将被纳入国家规划中，并可以由其他州立大学与州立大学系统合作复制。项目活动将：（1）将社区大学生曝光到STEM研究企业，并为打算专业的CEPS学科专业的社区大学生提供申请； （2）提高转移到CEPS的社区大学生中的保留，学习成绩和毕业率； （3）准备在STEM劳动力和/或STEM学科中进一步研究的学者； （4）为大学和社区学院的教师提供有效教授，建议和指导社区大学转学学生的必要资源。为了解决项目目标，除了财政支持外，该项目还将提供以下学生支持服务和计划：（1）结构化和正在进行的学术支持，建议和指导； （2）通过针对社区大学转学的特殊研讨会课程的同类经验，对STEM文化和大学学术资源，社区建设活动，研究经验，职业准备和咨询的介绍； （3）关于基于认知的学习技能和学习技能教学的学术支持； （4）支持鼓励教师通过STEM教育学学院进行更好的学生学习实践； （5）社区大学入门课程中的STEM学科研究和职业。