INCLUDES: STEM^3: Scaling STEM^2

该项目将解决在南加州高等教育机构寻求STEM学位的代表不足的少数族裔学生面临的日益扩大的参与挑战。数据显示，拉美裔学生在当地两年制大学(TYC)中的比例特别高，但在STEM学士学位获得者中的比例较低。为了促进对STEM感兴趣的TYC学生的成功，该项目将建立并扩展从TYC到四年制STEM学位课程的强化转学途径模式，该模式是通过加州州立大学富勒顿分校(CSUF)当前的STEM强化转学教育和预科计划开发的。试点将集中在加州理工州立大学波莫纳分校(CPP)复制CSUF模式中最有效的部分。试点项目将针对柑橘学院的STEM学生，这是一所位于加利福尼亚州格伦多拉的两年制学院(TYC)，为CSUF和CPP提供食物。如果试点成功，它可能会扩展到CSU系统的更多南加州校区，以及学生转到这些校区的地区性TYC。一旦确定了模式中最有效的元素，该模式就可以被CSU系统中的所有23个校区采用。该项目针对已经对STEM职业表示兴趣的学生，寻求提高他们坚持高等教育、转到四年制院校并最终进入STEM劳动力市场的比率。该项目建立在一个经过验证的模式的基础上，力求审查这种模式在哪些条件下可以在具有不同文化和限制的机构推广，更好地了解该模式对成功至关重要的要素，并建立伙伴关系，在另一家机构试行这一模式。该项目将扩大干预模式的覆盖面，该模式具有经过验证的记录和记录的积极成果。这些干预措施包括为TYC学生提供本科研究经验，在TYC和四年制院校进行同行指导，在TYC和四年制院校开展转学支持计划，以及必要的建议和联合课程活动。

This project will address broadening participation challenges concerning underrepresented minority students seeking STEM degrees at institutions of higher education in Southern California. Data show that Latino students in particular are well-represented at local two-year colleges (TYC) but less well-represented among STEM bachelor's degree recipients. In order to promote success for TYC students with an interest in STEM, the project will build upon and expand the model for strengthening transfer pathways from TYC to four year STEM degree programs developed through the current program Strengthening Transfer Education and Matriculation in STEM at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). The pilot will focus on replicating the most effective components of the CSUF model at California Polytechnic State University Pomona (CPP). The pilot project will target STEM students at Citrus College, a two-year college (TYC) in Glendora, CA that feeds both CSUF and CPP. If the pilot is successful, it could be expanded to additional Southern California campuses of the CSU system and regional TYCs whose students transfer to these campuses. Once the most effective elements of the model are identified, the model could be adopted by all twenty-three campuses in the CSU system.This project targets students who have already expressed interest in STEM careers, seeking to improve the rates at which they persist in higher education, transfer to four-year institutions, and eventually enter the STEM workforce. The project builds upon a proven model, seeking to examine the conditions under which this model can be replicated at institutions with different cultures and constraints, to develop better understanding of the elements of the model most essential for success, and to establish partnerships and create a pilot of the model at another institution. This project will increase the reach of an intervention model with a proven track record and documented positive outcomes. These interventions include an undergraduate research experience for the TYC students, peer mentoring at both the TYC and the four-year institution, a transfer support program at both the TYC and the four-year institution, and required advising and co-curricular activities.