The New Mexico STEM Transfer Coalition: Improving the Success and Matriculation Rates of Two-Year College STEM Students from Small, Minority-Serving Colleges in Northern New Mexico

该项目是由新墨西哥州的六所少数民族服务学院组成的联盟，旨在增加STEM领域授予的副学士和学士学位的数量。该联盟由州立科学和工程机构新墨西哥州矿业和技术研究所（新墨西哥州Tech）领导，包括新墨西哥州北方农村的四所社区学院和北方新墨西哥州学院-该机构目前正从社区学院过渡到四年制学位授予机构。该联盟具有文化亲和力，因为参与的学院规模较小，每个学院招收的学生不到3，000名，并且位于西班牙裔，美洲原住民，低收入和第一代大学生比例较高的农村地区。工作计划是基于机构的自学，已经确定了学生完成STEM学位的主要系统和制度障碍。项目活动包括：1.创建和实施充分发展的2+2或2+3学位计划和反向转移机会。2.加强教育，学生发展和本科研究的机会，以提高2年和4年的毕业率，并促进2年制学生转入学士学位课程。3.建立有偿研究机会，为STEM学生提供在校期间的收入，培养他们对STEM职业的兴趣，并在毕业前发展学生与雇主的关系。4.开发和改进工程预科和科学课程，以在联盟的2年制学院建立一致的，高标准的课程。5.建设北方新墨西哥州学院提供高质量四年制STEM学位的能力。在为期五年的资助期内，该项目预计将使两年制学院授予的STEM理学副学士学位数量增加一倍，将转入新墨西哥州理工学院和北方新墨西哥州学院的人数增加两倍，并提高这两所学校的毕业率。 该项目计划为610名学生提供服务。

This project is a consortium of six minority-serving colleges in New Mexico formed to increase the number of associates and baccalaureate degrees granted in STEM fields. The consortium is led by New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), a state science and engineering institution, and includes four community colleges in rural northern New Mexico, and Northern New Mexico College - an institution that is currently in transition from being a community college to a four year degree granting institution. The consortium has a cultural affinity because the participating colleges are small, enrolling less than 3,000 students each, and located in rural areas with high percentages of Hispanic, Native American, low-income, and first-generation college students. The program of work is based upon institutional self-study that has identified the major systemic and institutional obstacles to students completing STEM degrees. Project activities include: 1. Creating and implementing fully developed 2+2 or 2+3 degree plans and reverse transfer opportunities. 2. Enhancing advisement, student development, and undergraduate research opportunities to improve 2-year and 4-year graduation rates and to facilitate the transfer of 2-year students into baccalaureate programs. 3. Establishing paid research opportunities to provide STEM students with income while attending school, foster their interest in STEM careers, and develop student-employer relationships prior to graduation. 4. Developing and improving pre-engineering and science programs to establish consistent, high-standard programs at the 2-year colleges in the consortium. 5. Building Northern New Mexico College's capacity to offer high quality four-year STEM degrees. Over the five-year grant period, the project is projected to double the number of STEM Associate of Science degrees awarded at the 2-year colleges, triple the number of transfers to New Mexico Tech and Northern New Mexico College, and increase their graduation rates at both schools. Overall the project plans to serve 610 students.