Outreach Programs and Science Career Intentions (OPSCI)

外展计划和科学职业意向（OPSCI）随着公众对未填补的STEM职位空缺的经济影响的日益关注，这个为期三年的STEP 2型研究项目侧重于STEP计划对学生追求STEM职业的意图进行的大学前外展活动的影响。 使用流行病学类型的方法，这项回顾性队列研究探讨了针对一年级学生的活动影响职业抱负的程度。 正在审查的活动包括STEP支持的科学俱乐部，桥梁计划，补充教学，辅导，实习，工程竞赛以及STEM学生和教师的高中访问。 这项工作将研究人员和从业人员聚集在一起，努力在实施侧重于从中学教育向中学后教育过渡的有效做法时更多地使用基于研究的证据。 该研究考察了使学生倾向于STEM的因素，重点是代表性不足的少数民族和年轻女性。 控制背景变量，社会经济地位，父母和其他成年人熟悉的学生，标准化考试成绩，高中课程和成绩，以及自我报告的职业生涯意图在三个较早的时间（中学，高中开始，高中结束）允许预测模型的建设，隔离的影响大学前的步骤程序曝光。 该研究利用流行病学类型的方法来得出强有力的结论，包括对STEM职业感兴趣的学生和那些不感兴趣的学生。研究结果提供了学生在大学入学时对STEM感兴趣的基线信息，并为解决与学生在本科学习期间对STEM感兴趣和离开STEM相关的问题奠定了基础。

Outreach Programs and Science Career Intentions (OPSCI)With increased public concern over the economic impact of unfilled STEM job openings this three-year STEP Type 2 research project focuses on the impact of pre-college outreach activities undertaken by STEP programs on students' intent to pursue a STEM career. Using epidemiological-type methods, this retrospective cohort study examines the extent to which activities that target first-year students influence career aspirations. Activities under examination include STEP-supported science clubs, bridge programs, supplemental instruction, tutoring, internships, engineering competitions, and high school visits from students and faculty in STEM. This effort brings together researchers and practitioners in an effort to increase the use of research-based evidence in the implementation of effective practices focused on the transition from secondary to post-secondary education. The study examines factors that pre-dispose students to STEM with an emphasis on underrepresented minorities and young women. Controlling for background variables, SES, careers of parents and other adults familiar to students, standardized exam scores, and high school course-taking and grades, as well as self-reported career intentions at three earlier times (middle school, start of high school, end of high school) allows for the construction of predictive models that isolate the effects of pre-college STEP program exposure. Drawing on epidemiological-type methods to enable strong conclusions, the study includes students interested in STEM careers and those who are not. Findings from the study provide baseline information on students' interest in STEM at entrance to college and build a foundation for addressing issues associated with students' interest in and leaving STEM during their undergraduate studies.