TEST UP: Talent Expansion in Science and Technology - An Urban Partnership

为了让更多的社区大学的STEM课程转到四年制大学，并培养更多的STEM学士学位，南加州三所大学的数学和科学部门创建了“科学技术人才拓展：城市伙伴关系”（TEST:UP）。这个合作项目包括加州州立大学富勒顿分校（CSUF），这是一所四年制综合性大学，以及圣安东尼奥山学院（Mt. SAC）和圣安娜学院（SAC），这是加州州立大学富勒顿分校的两所附属社区学院。TEST:UP包括吸引、招募和留住STEM学生的联合举措，并最终扩大STEM学生转到CSUF和其他四年制学校的数量。TEST:UP是一个由管理人员、教师和工作人员紧密合作的协调网络，目的是：1)在旅行“学术成功教练”的帮助下，改善两年制院校学生的咨询、指导和指导机会，提高他们对STEM职业的认识；2)在所有三所院校提供STEM学习社区；3)通过学术卓越研讨会（AEWs）、补充指导（SI）和辅导计划，提高学生在社区大学关键数学和科学入门课程中的参与度、学习和成功；4)为有兴趣从事两年大学教学工作的CSUF STEM研究生制定教学实习计划。所有三个TEST:UP校区都在将有效的TEST:UP项目组成部分制度化，在STEM教育和咨询方法上做出永久性的改变。更多的本地大学被邀请加入合作，扩大其影响力。

To produce more community college STEM transfers to four-year institutions and more STEM baccalaureates, the math and science divisions at three southern California institutions created Talent Expansion in Science and Technology: An Urban Partnership (TEST:UP). This collaborative program involves California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), a four-year, comprehensive university and Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) and Santa Ana College (SAC), two of CSUF's feeder community colleges. TEST:UP includes joint initiatives to engage, recruit, and retain STEM students and ultimately expand the numbers of STEM transfers to CSUF and other four-year schools. TEST:UP is a coordinated network of administrators, faculty, and staff working closely together to: 1) improve counseling, guidance, and mentoring opportunities and enhance knowledge of STEM careers for students at the two-year institutions, with the aid of a traveling 'academic success coach'; 2) offer STEM learning communities at all three institutions; 3) improve student engagement, learning, and success in pivotal math and science introductory courses at the community colleges through academic excellence workshops (AEWs), supplemental instruction (SI), and tutoring programs; and 4) develop a teaching intern program for CSUF STEM graduate students interested in two-year college teaching careers. All three TEST:UP campuses are institutionalizing effective TEST:UP program components, making permanent changes in their approaches to STEM education and advisement. Additional local colleges are being invited to join the collaboration, extending its influence.