Northern New Jersey Bridges to the Baccalaureate (NNJ-B2B)

在路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划中的学士学位（B2B）轨道为社区学院联盟（2年制机构）提供支持，以加速学生在STEM中历史上代表性不足的转移到追求STEM学士学位的四年制机构。预计B2B联盟为来自代表性不足的人口的STEM学生提供了一个获得学士学位的桥梁，这些学生开始在社区学院学习。该北方新泽西州桥梁学士学位（NNJ-B2B）联盟是一个合作伙伴关系的五个，公共，副学士学位授予，西班牙裔服务机构（HSIs）在北方新泽西：帕塞伊克县社区学院（牵头机构），卑尔根社区学院，哈德逊县社区学院，米德尔塞克斯县学院，和联合县学院。NNJ-B2B将与花园州LSAMP（GS-LSAMP）计划协同工作，以增加从五所合作社区学院成功转入新泽西四年制大学STEM课程的STEM学生人数。通过帮助900多名来自代表性不足人群的学生过渡到GS-LSAMP机构的学士学位STEM学位课程，NNJ-B2B的合作院校将为学生提供更多的就业机会，从而形成更加多样化，具有全球竞争力的STEM劳动力。根据社区学院学生参与中心最近进行的一项研究A Matter of Degrees，“社区学院的学生参加多个高影响力的实践，更致力于他们的学习和经验更好的结果比学生谁不参加这些活动。“在GS-LSAMP合作中，NNJ-B2B合作伙伴将要求学生参与一系列强大的STEM学习体验，这些体验将向他们灌输成功完成STEM课程并转移到大学所需的动机，技能和经验。STEM学习体验将包括以下五个高影响力的实践：本科研究，同行领导的团队学习（PLTL），数学桥计划，同行指导和职业/转移研讨会。NNJ-B2B联盟的每个合作伙伴都将牵头开发、完善和分享五个最佳实践模块中的一个，然后致力于在各自的园区复制所有五个高影响力的实践。NNJ-B2B联盟的活动将改善合作校园的STEM教育，并提高STEM学士学位课程的转移率。

The Bridge to the Baccalaureate (B2B) track in the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program provides support for alliances of community colleges (2-year institutions) to accelerate the transfer of students historically underrepresented in STEM to four-year institutions in pursuit of STEM baccalaureate degrees. It is expected that B2B alliances provide a bridge to the baccalaureate degree for STEM students from underrepresented populations who begin their instruction at a community college. The Northern New Jersey Bridges to the Baccalaureate (NNJ-B2B) Alliance is a partnership of five, public, associate-degree granting, Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in northern New Jersey: Passaic County Community College (lead institution), Bergen Community College, Hudson County Community College, Middlesex County College, and Union County College. NNJ-B2B will work synergistically with the Garden State LSAMP (GS-LSAMP) Program to increase the number of students underrepresented in STEM who successfully transfer from the five partner community colleges to STEM programs at four-year institutions in New Jersey. By assisting more than 900 students from underrepresented populations transition into baccalaureate STEM degree programs at institutions in the GS-LSAMP, the partner colleges in NNJ-B2B will provide their students with access to more employment opportunities thereby resulting in a more diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce.According to A Matter of Degrees, a recent study conducted by the Center for Community College Student Engagement, "community college students who participate in multiple high impact practices are more engaged in their learning and experience better outcomes than students who do not participate in these activities." In collaboration GS-LSAMP, NNJ-B2B partners will require that students participate in a powerful set of STEM learning experiences that will instill in them the motivation, skills, and experiences needed to succeed in their STEM coursework and transfer to the universities. The STEM learning experiences will include the following five high impact practices: undergraduate research, peer led team learning (PLTL), Math Bridge programs, peer mentoring, and career/transfer seminars. Each of the NNJ-B2B Alliance partners will serve as the lead in developing, refining, and sharing one of five best practices modules and will then commit to replicating all five high impact practices on their respective campuses. The activities of the NNJ-B2B Alliance will result in improved STEM education on the partner campuses and an increased transfer rate into STEM baccalaureate degree programs.