Bridge to the Baccalaureate: Tampa Bay Bridge to the Baccalaureate Alliance

Louis Stokes少数民族参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院使科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)劳动力多样化，努力显著增加来自历史上代表性较低的少数群体(非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美国印第安人或阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民或其他太平洋岛民)的学生数量，成功完成STEM的高质量学位课程。坦帕湾通向文凭联盟的桥梁(TB-B2B)侧重于提供有效的教育工具和资源的活动，为未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)社区大学生成功转学并完成STEM文凭学位做好准备。TB-B2B将使用一个全面的系统来招募和加强学生对STEM学士学位课程的准备，重点是：1)提高认识和外联，通过非正式学习活动、数字营销和社交网络鼓励学生进入STEM渠道；2)侵入式指导、深度参与活动和体验式学习机会，以留住使用STEM学习社区的学生，包括专门的建议、同行和教员指导、本科研究、实习和就业跟踪；3)学术支持，以加强数学基础，包括基于数学的适应性学习工具和暑期衔接计划；以及4)转移指导，以鼓励进入STEM学士学位项目的入学。教师学习社区和专业发展研讨会完善了这一框架，确保了URM学生外展、准备、留住和转学的制度性转变。全面的评估使更多的证据能够证明这些干预措施的有效性。TB-B2B由圣彼得堡学院牵头，与佛罗里达州立大学马纳提-萨拉索塔分校和希尔斯堡社区学院合作，希尔斯伯勒社区学院是一家为西班牙裔服务的机构，南佛罗里达大学系统作为非正式合作伙伴和转移点。TB-B2B建立在这些机构之间现有联系的基础上，以支持整个区域在STEM学位获得和职业成就方面的努力。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students from historically underrepresented minority populations (African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders) to successfully complete high quality degree programs in STEM. The Tampa Bay Bridge to the Baccalaureate Alliance (TB-B2B) focuses on activities that provides effective educational tools and resources to prepare underrepresented minority (URM) community college students for successful transfer to and completion of STEM baccalaureate degrees. TB-B2B will use a holistic system to recruit and strengthen students' preparation for STEM baccalaureate programs by focusing on: 1) awareness and outreach to encourage enrollment into the STEM pipeline through informal learning events, digital marketing and social networking; 2) intrusive guidance, deep engagement activities and experiential learning opportunities to retain students using STEM Learning Communities, including dedicated advising, peer and faculty mentoring, undergraduate research, internships and job shadowing; 3) academic supports to fortify math foundations, inclusive of math-based adaptive learning tools and summer bridge programming; and 4) transfer guidance to encourage matriculation to STEM baccalaureate programs. Faculty learning communities and professional development workshops complete the framework, ensuring an institutional shift in URM student outreach, preparation, retention and transfer. A comprehensive evaluation allows for greater evidence demonstrating the efficacy of these interventions.TB-B2B is led by St. Petersburg College in partnership with State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota and Hillsborough Community College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, and the University of South Florida System as an informal partner and point of transfer. TB-B2B builds on existing articulations between these institutions to bolster a region-wide effort in STEM degree attainment and career achievement.