STEP for Underutilized Populations

该项目是一项区域倡议，涉及加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）、加州州立大学洛杉矶分校（CSULA）和数学、工程、科学成就（MESA）社区学院。它在现有项目的基础上，建立新的干预措施，在教育机构、研究中心和学生多样性保留项目之间建立伙伴关系，以增加工程和物理科学学位的数量。该项目重点关注新生、社区大学转校生和高年级在校生中的少数族裔（URM）。它每年将影响960名学生，并将在五年内将URM在CSULA和UCLA授予的工程和物理科学学士学位的数量增加一倍，从190个增加到380个。推动的愿景是通过补充教育项目和服务，积极让现有和潜在的学生参与支持性学习社区、部门保留项目和研究中心，将这些通常脱节的学生联系起来。该项目的主要目标是增加：(1)少数社区学院学生攻读工程和物理科学学士学位的途径数量；(2)URM社区学院学生成功转入加州大学洛杉矶分校和CSULA工程和物理科学专业的人数；(3)URM工程和物理科学专业学生在加州大学洛杉矶分校和CSULA及其附属社区学院合作伙伴的保留率。(4)加州大学洛杉矶分校和CSULA的URM工程和物理科学毕业生人数。它包括四项举措：社区大学招聘和发展计划，转学桥梁和核心保留计划，新生桥梁和保留计划，以及校园范围内的学习社区。

The project is a regional initiative involving University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) and Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Community Colleges. It is building upon existing programs and establishing new interventions that create partnerships among educational institutions, research centers, and student diversity retention programs to increase the number of engineering and physical science degrees. The project focuses on underrepresented minorities (URM) among freshmen, community college transfers and upper-level established students. It will impact 960 students per year and will double the number of engineering and physical science BS degrees awarded to URM at both CSULA and UCLA from 190 to 380 within the five-year timeline. The driving vision is to connect these normally disconnected students through supplemental educational programs and services that actively involve current and potential students in supportive learning communities, department retention programs, and research centers. The project's main objectives are to increase: (1) the number of pathways available to underrepresented community college students in pursuit of engineering and physical science baccalaureate degrees, (2) the number of URM community college students who successfully transfer into UCLA and CSULA engineering and physical science programs, (3) the retention to graduation of URM engineering and physical science students at both UCLA and CSULA and its feeder community college partners, and (4) the number of URM engineering and physical science graduates at both UCLA and CSULA. It includes four initiatives: a community college recruitment and development program, a transfer bridge and core retention program, a freshmen bridge and retention program, and campus-wide learning communities.