Scholarships For Excellence, Achievement, and Professional Competence in Science, Math, and Engineering

康特拉·科斯塔学院(CCC)是一所为期两年的西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)，位于圣巴勃罗，位于奥克兰/旧金山以北20英里，硅谷以北50英里，提供各种STEM领域的副学士学位课程和证书课程。这项为期五年的计划将招收生物科学、计算机科学、工程、数学和物理科学领域的高能力、低收入学生，接受指导和学术支持，以缩短完成副学士学位的时间。四组，每组30名学生将参加。学生的研究机会和实习将由孔特拉科斯塔学院的科学中心协调，该中心与许多地区性国家实验室和当地行业建立了合作伙伴关系。同行领导团队学习(PLTL)将用于加深概念知识和理解。通过参与科学中心的参与，将建立一个学习社区，该中心模仿乌里·特雷斯曼的学生支持方法。来自劳伦斯科学馆的专家将监督该项目的研究方面。他们将与首席调查员(PI)团队的成员一起，研究减轻学生的经济负担是否有助于他们完成学业目标，暑期桥活动是否改善了STEM渠道，以及PLTL模式如何帮助学生学习和提高学生的成功。通过为学生提供劳动力发展机会以及促进转到四年制院校，将获得更广泛的影响。评估项目实施活动的指标将包括奖学金获得者的短期目标(例如85%的年度留存率)，转到学士学位院校的中期目标(80%的学者在三年内转学)，以及转学的学生的长期毕业目标(90%在六年内获得学士学位)。

Contra Costa College (CCC) is a two-year Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) located in San Pablo 20 miles north of Oakland/San Francisco and 50 miles north of Silicon Valley, offering associate degree programs and certificate programs in a variety of STEM fields. This five-year project will recruit high ability, low-income students in biological science, computer sciences, engineering, mathematics, and the physical sciences, to receive mentoring and academic support so as to reduce time to associate degree completion. Four cohorts of 30 students each will participate. Research opportunities and internships for students will be coordinated by the Center for Science at Contra Costa College, which engages in collaborative partnerships with many regional National laboratories and local industries.Peer Lead Team Learning (PLTL) will be utilized to deepen conceptual knowledge and understanding. A learning community will be built through participation in the Center for Science, which models the approach of Uri Treisman for student support. Experts from the Lawrence Hall of Science will oversee the research aspects of this project. Together with members of the principal investigator (PI) team, they will study whether or not reducing students' financial burden helps them to complete their academic goals, whether or not summer bridge activities improve the STEM pipeline, and how the PLTL model helps student learning and increases student success. Broader impacts will be gained via workforce development opportunities for students as well as promoting transfer to 4-year institutions. Metrics for evaluating the project's implementation activities will include short-term goals for scholarship recipients (e.g. 85% year-to-year retention), mid-term goals for transferring to a baccalaureate institution (80% of scholars transfer within three years), and long-term graduation goals for the transfer students (90% attaining a baccalaureate degree within six years).