Patching the Pipeline: Scholarships for Associate-Degree Transfer Students in the Sciences

南方理工州立大学这个项目的目标是提供奖学金和学术支持，以修补STEM管道中的泄漏，特别是转移学生的损失。该项目采用了十二点行动纲要，重点是招募和留住转学学生。这一计划的智力价值在于设计、实施和评估旨在提高A.S.到B.S.STEM学生成功入学和毕业的方法。该项目建立在之前的研究基础上，确定了导致STEM学生在此类过渡中流失的因素。该项目还系统地调查了支持机制，以补救这一困难的过渡。评价部分设计得很好，将产生持续的反馈和成本效益高的方案，这些方案可以在赠款期限过后持续下去。这个项目产生了几个更广泛的影响。首先，进入STEM专业的有才华的低收入学生的数量增加了。其次，该项目对机构为顺利顺利完成从两年制学校到四年制学校的艰难过渡所作的努力进行了系统调查。第三，由于计划周密的评估部分，该项目旨在向相关利益攸关方传播信息，以便其他机构的学生可以更容易、更有效地实现这一过渡。

The goal of this project at Southern Polytechnic State University is to provide scholarships and academic support in order to patch a leak in the STEM pipeline, specifically the loss of transfer students. The project operates using a twelve-point outline of actions focused on recruiting and retaining transfer students. The intellectual merit of this plan lies in the design, implementation, and evaluation of methods aimed at increasing the successful matriculation and graduation of A.S.-to-B.S. STEM students. The project builds on previous research identifying factors that lead to the loss of STEM students in such transitions. The project also systematically investigates support mechanisms to remediate this difficult transition. The evaluation component is well designed and will produce ongoing feedback as well as cost-effective programs that can be sustained beyond the grant period. Several broader impacts result from this project. First, the number of talented, low-income students entering STEM professions is increased. Secondly, this project undertakes a systematic investigation of institutional efforts to successfully smooth the difficult transition from two year to four year schools. Third, due to the well planned evaluation component, this project is positioned to disseminate information to relevant stakeholders so that students at other institutions may make this transition more easily and effectively.