Implementation Project: Hinds Community College- Utica Campus Phase II- Establishing a Cohesive Community College STEM Institutional Transformation Academy - STEM-UP Academy

实施项目为历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）提供支持，以设计，实施，研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）本科学位的学生人数，并通过加强STEM教育和研究来提高他们的准备质量。Hinds Community College-Utica的项目旨在建立在以前成功的基础上，促进学生从高中到社区大学再到四年制机构的过渡，并提高他们在STEM学科的成功率。其目标是帮助学生在他们的教育道路上导航，并提高学生的保留率和毕业率与STEM副学位。该项目旨在通过与杰克逊州立大学和奥尔康州立大学的学术伙伴关系，专门增加社区大学学生进入四年制院校的机会。 该项目旨在为学生从社区学院进入四年制学位授予机构创造一个可供其他高等教育机构调整和扩大规模的预科模式，为实现该项目的目标设计了以下活动和战略：为科皮亚、克莱本、海因兹和维克斯堡-沃伦县的高中学生制定夏季STEM学术综合学习方案;大学新生成功营;制定支持和指导方案，帮助学生转学和注册他们选择的四年制大学，同时在Hinds社区学院尤蒂卡校区或参与大学为他们提供暑期研究经验;建立教师专业发展计划，以协助教师在重组学习环境，并在建立新的合作。 将建立一个网络辅导部分，以便在该项目的毕业生转入四年制项目后继续为他们提供支持。支持这些目标的项目战略是以证据为基础的，将对其有效性进行监测和评价。

Implementation Projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthening STEM education and research. The project at Hinds Community College-Utica seeks to build on previous successful efforts to facilitate students' transition from high school to community college to four year institutions and to increase their success rate in STEM disciplines. The goal is to assist students in navigating their educational path and to increase retention and graduation rates of students with STEM associate degrees. The project aims to specifically increase the placement of community college students into four-year institutions through academic partnerships with Jackson State University and Alcorn State University. The project is expected to create a pathway model for student matriculation from community colleges to four-year degree granting institutions which can be adapted and scaled by other institutions of higher education.The following activities and strategies are designed to meet the project's goals: development of the Summer STEM Academic Integrated Learning Program for high schools students in Copiah, Claiborne, Hinds, and Vicksburg-Warren counties; a College Success Camp for entering freshmen; development of a support and mentoring program to assist students with transfer and enrollment in a four-year university of their choice while providing them with summer research experiences at the Hinds Community College-Utica campus or at participating universities; establishment of faculty professional development programs to assist faculty in restructuring the learning environment and in building new collaborations. A cyber-mentoring component will be established to continue providing support to graduates of the program once they transfer to a four-year program. The project strategies supporting these objectives are evidence-based and will be monitored and evaluated for effectiveness.