STEM Articulation and Transfer Collaborative Project

在“改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）计划”的支持下，这个第一轨道项目旨在提高学生从两年制大学到四年制大学的成功转学率，并使他们毕业时获得四年制学位。它将通过创建一个主动表达、建议和提高学生学习机会的模式来实现这一目标。这种转学模式将由棕榈滩州立学院和佛罗里达大西洋大学合作开发。为了加强学生的学习，棕榈滩州立学院将与佛罗里达斯克里普斯研究所和佛罗里达马克斯普朗克研究所合作，将基于课堂的本科研究机会整合到化学课程中。预期的项目成果包括提高学位的获得程度和建立一个成功的转学模式，该模式可以被合作院校的所有STEM学科所适应。通过开发一种协作转移成功模式，增强学生的学习并促进学生的成功转移，该项目可以促进STEM劳动力的多样化。预计该项目的转学成功模式也可应用于其他两年制/四年制合作项目，以提高学生在STEM方面的成功和学位成就。该项目旨在提高所有STEM学生（无论是全日制还是非全日制）的保留率和学位完成率，同时关注西班牙裔学生的需求。为达致上述目标，该计划将精简各院校之间的咨询协议和衔接协议，并为学生提供早期研究经验和加强学术支持。该计划将侧重于化学和生物学，这是成功完成佛罗里达大西洋大学科学学院课程的基本STEM学科。在第一年，该项目将开发和试点一个精简的发音、协作咨询和以西班牙文化为中心的战略计划，以提高化学的学术成果。在第二年，该项目寻求全面实施和完善已验证的化学模型。在第3年和第4年，该模型将在化学中制度化并应用于生物学。在第5年，该模式的要素可能会扩展到两所学校的其他STEM学科。为了提供对学生教育途径的理解，混合方法分析将比较和综合定量数据（例如，来自学生成绩单的数据；参与课外活动的数据）和来自学生调查的定性数据。该项目制定的战略和流程将通过网站、在西班牙裔学院和大学协会会议和社区学院协会会议等全国性会议上的演讲以及在《大学科学教学杂志》等期刊上的出版物进行分享。预计该项目将影响其他寻求加强学生学习和成功转移来自不同背景的学生的高等教育机构。HSI计划旨在加强HSI的本科STEM教育和能力建设。HSI计划支持的项目也将产生关于如何实现这些目标的新知识。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。

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program, this Track 1 project aims to increase the successful transfer of students from a two-year institution to a four-year institution, and their graduation with a four-year degree. It will do so by creating a model of proactive articulation, advising, and enhanced student learning opportunities. The transfer model will be developed through a partnership between Palm Beach State College and Florida Atlantic University. To enhance student learning, Palm Beach State College will collaborate with the Scripps Research Institute-Florida and the Max Planck Florida Institute to integrate classroom-based undergraduate research opportunities into chemistry courses. Expected project outcomes include improved degree attainment and development of a transfer success model that can be adapted by all STEM disciplines at the partner institutions. By developing a collaborative transfer-success model that enhances student learning and facilitates the successful transfer of students, this project can contribute to diversifying the STEM workforce. It is expected that the project's transfer success model could also be implemented to enhance the success of other two-year/four-year collaborations that seek to enhance student success and degree attainment in STEM.The project aims to increase retention and degree completion for all STEM students, full- or part-time, with attention to the needs of Hispanic students. To accomplish these goals, the project will streamline advising protocols and articulation agreements between the institutions, and provide students with early research experiences and enhanced academic supports. The program will focus on chemistry and biology, which are essential STEM disciplines for the successful completion of Florida Atlantic University's College of Science programs. In year 1, the project will develop and pilot a program of streamlined articulation, collaborative advising, and Hispanic culture-centered strategies to improve academic outcomes in chemistry. In year 2, the project seeks to fully implement and refine the validated model for chemistry. In years 3 and 4, the model will be institutionalized in chemistry and applied to biology. In year 5, elements of the model may be expanded to additional STEM disciplines at the two schools. To provide an understanding of student educational pathways, a mixed methods analysis will compare and synthesize quantitative data (e.g., data from student transcripts; co-curricular participation) and qualitative data from student surveys. Strategies and processes developed by the project will be shared through a website, presentations at national conferences such as the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Conference and the Association of Community Colleges Conference, and publications in journals such as the Journal of College Science Teaching. It is expected that this project will influence other higher education institutions that seek to enhance student learning and the successful transfer of students from diverse backgrounds. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these goals.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.