Supporting Community College Transfer Students to Earn STEM Baccalaureate Degrees

新罕布夏州达勒姆大学工程与物理科学学院(CEPS)将与新罕布夏州社区学院系统合作，以加强新兴的州和国家倡议，改善社区学院与四年制院校之间的一致性，并增加科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)毕业生的数量。该奖学金计划旨在为社区学院提供成功所需的承诺水平，通过奖学金满足他们的经济需求，在他们整个大学生涯中提供自信和积极的建议，以及基于课堂和研究的队列建设研讨会经验。较高的初始参与度对克服转学冲击至关重要，文献中报道了这一点，大学统计数据也反映了这一点；然而，计划在毕业前让学者参与校园活动。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教育学院的参与来改进教学方法。由于所涉机构的性质，该项目将增加大学STEM毕业生的多样性。项目活动将：(1)让社区学院的学生接触STEM研究企业，并促使有意主修社区学院专业的社区学院学生提出申请；(2)提高转至社区学院的社区学院学生的保留率、学业成绩和毕业率；(3)为在STEM工作队伍中就业和/或在STEM学科深造准备学者；以及(4)为大学和社区学院教职员工提供必要的资源，以便有效地教授、建议和指导社区学院转学学生。为了实现项目目标，除了财政支持外，该项目还将提供下列学生支持服务和计划：(1)有组织的和持续的学术支持、建议和辅导；(2)介绍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；(3)关于基于认知的学习技能和学习技能指导的学术支持；(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；以及(5)在社区学院的入门课程中接触STEM学科的研究和职业。

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.