Reducing Transfer Shock: Developing Community and Collaborations to Support Urban STEM Transfer Students

减少转学冲击：发展社区和合作以支持城市 STEM 转学生

• 批准号: 1742542
• 负责人: Erin Shortlidge
• 金额: $ 99.62万
• 依托单位: Portland State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-03-15 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1742542&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Reducing; Transfer; Shock; Developing; Community

The National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program will fund the Reducing Transfer Shock: Developing Community and Collaborations to Support Urban STEM Transfer Students project. This project will support low-income students with demonstrated financial need and academic promise to succeed in STEM disciplines at Portland State University (PSU) project. Over five years, this project plans to provide scholarships to 36 students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in STEM. The specific aim is to improve successful transfer of urban STEM students from two-year institutions to baccalaureate STEM programs at PSU. To accomplish this goal, the program will implement: (1) A summer S-STEM bridge program; (2) A course-based undergraduate research experience for students during their first year; and (3) Direct placement of S-STEM Scholars in internships and/or independent research experiences in their second year. The project will provide students with financial support, training in professional skills (communication skills, teamwork, ethics, etc.), and research opportunities necessary for success in STEM. In addition, the project will cultivate a sense of belonging among the Scholars to support students as they transition into a university environment.The project goal is to increase the number of low-income, urban STEM students who transfer from a community college, graduate with a STEM bachelor's degree, and pursue graduate degrees and/or gain employment in STEM careers. The project will: (1) Improve the processes for recruiting and successfully transitioning urban transfer students from two- to four-year STEM programs; (2) Provide financial, academic, and social support to STEM transfer students; (3) Evaluate project activities that lead to STEM transfer success; and (4) Disseminate project outcomes. To evaluate if students successfully transition and reach their highest potential, the project will use mixed-methods, quantitative and qualitative approaches to assess program outcomes, including monitoring academic progress, administering pre/post surveys, and conducting focus groups. Students? sense of belonging will be measured to determine how participation in the program results in changes to this important affective attribute. If so, the investigators will explore the relationship of this change to mitigating transfer-shock, which can constrain transfer students from persisting to graduation. A survey will measure three constructs known to be associated with success: attitude toward STEM, career goals in STEM, and sense of belonging. Furthermore, focus groups will contribute to an in-depth understanding of the student experience. The project will measure perceptions and success within three groups of students: Scholars, non-Scholar STEM transfer students, and four-year STEM students. Comparisons among these groups will support understanding the efficacy of the project's activities to help students achieve academic goals (e.g., timely graduation), mitigate transfer-shock (provide scaffolding for building a sense of belonging in STEM), and give Scholars tools for success (i.e., strong letters of recommendation, internships). Evaluation data will inform education research about what does and does not work to mitigate transfer-shock and facilitate success in baccalaureate STEM. The project has the potential to produce a sustainable institutional road-map for mitigating transfer shock, and improving overall persistence, graduation, and success for underserved STEM students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

美国国家科学基金会的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）计划将资助“减少转移冲击：发展社区和合作以支持城市STEM转校生”项目。该项目将支持具有经济需求和学术前景的低收入学生在波特兰州立大学（PSU）项目的STEM学科中取得成功。该项目计划在五年内为36名攻读STEM学士学位的学生提供奖学金。具体目标是提高城市STEM学生从两年制院校成功转移到PSU的学士学位STEM课程。为了实现这一目标，该计划将实施：(1)夏季S-STEM桥梁计划；(2)为学生提供第一年以课程为基础的本科研究经历；(3)直接安排S-STEM学者在第二年进行实习和/或独立研究经历。该项目将为学生提供经济支持、专业技能（沟通技巧、团队合作、道德等）培训，以及在STEM领域取得成功所需的研究机会。此外，该项目将培养学者之间的归属感，以支持学生过渡到大学环境。该项目的目标是增加低收入的城市STEM学生的数量，这些学生从社区学院转学，获得STEM学士学位，并攻读研究生学位和/或在STEM职业中就业。该项目将：(1)改善从2年到4年STEM项目招收和成功过渡城市转校生的流程；(2)为STEM转学生提供经济、学术和社会支持；(3)评估导致STEM转移成功的项目活动；(4)传播项目成果。为了评估学生是否成功过渡并发挥其最大潜力，该项目将采用混合方法，定量和定性方法来评估项目成果，包括监测学业进展，管理前后调查，以及开展焦点小组。学生吗?将测量归属感，以确定参与计划如何导致这一重要情感属性的变化。如果是这样，研究者将探讨这种变化与减轻转移冲击的关系，这种变化可以限制转校生坚持到毕业。一项调查将测量与成功相关的三个结构：对STEM的态度，STEM的职业目标和归属感。此外，焦点小组将有助于深入了解学生的经历。该项目将衡量三组学生的认知和成功程度：学者、非学者STEM转校生和四年制STEM学生。这些小组之间的比较将有助于了解项目活动的有效性，以帮助学生实现学术目标（例如，及时毕业），减轻转移冲击（为在STEM中建立归属感提供脚手架），并为学者提供成功的工具（即，强有力的推荐信，实习）。评估数据将为教育研究提供信息，告诉他们哪些措施有效，哪些措施无效，以减轻转学冲击，并促进STEM学士学位的成功。该项目有可能制定一个可持续的制度路线图，以减轻转学冲击，并提高STEM学生的整体持久性、毕业率和成功率。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。