STEP-UP Scholars: Encouraging Scholarship in Science, Technology, and Engineering

中央卡罗莱纳社区学院（CCCC）的“科学、技术和工程项目（STEP-UP）学者”项目将通过促进学术天赋高的低收入学生的大学和职业成功来解决STEM劳动力需求，该项目使用一个全面的学习社区，专注于有意向的学生支持。 共有52名学者将获得奖学金，以支付他们的上学费用。 这个项目将借鉴一系列学生支持实践，并得到学术文献的有力支持。 STEM教师将与校园合作伙伴合作，以维持一个全面的学习社区，为学者提供支持，因为他们对毕业的工作。STEP-UP项目的全面和密集的学生服务组成部分将通过跟踪学生保留和毕业结果，从而收集了关于为传统学生和代表性不足的学生群体提供学生支助的最佳做法的定量和定性数据。 这些数据将使人们有可能衡量奖学金和学生支持服务对学生参与，进步和成功的影响，无论是在整体学生人口和传统上代表性不足的当地西班牙裔/拉丁裔人口。 具体的程序组件的分析，和整体方案的满意度将产生关于学生的影响，程序的影响，和机构的影响新的知识。

The "Science, Technology, and Engineering Program (STEP-UP) Scholars" project at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) will address STEM workforce needs by promoting the college and career success of academically talented, low income students using a comprehensive learning community focused on intentional student support. A total of 52 scholars will be provided with scholarships that will cover their cost of attending school. This project will draw upon a collection of student support practices with strong backing from the scholarly literature. STEM faculty will collaborate with campus partners to sustain a comprehensive learning community that will provide support for scholars as they work towards graduation.The comprehensive and intensive student services component of the STEP-UP project will be compared with traditional advisor/success coach models by tracking student retention and graduation outcomes, resulting in the collection of quantitative and qualitative data on best practices in student support for both traditional and underrepresented student populations. This data will make it possible to measure the effect of scholarships and student support services on student participation, progress and success, in both the overall student population and the traditionally underrepresented local Hispanic/Latino population. Analysis of specific programmatic components, and overall program satisfaction will generate new knowledge regarding student impact, program impact, and institutional impact.