Santiago Canyon College STEM Scholars Academy

圣地亚哥峡谷学院（SCC）是南加州的一所社区学院，有8,978名学生，其中44%是西班牙裔，56%是低收入家庭，68%低于大学数学水平，75%是第一代大学生。圣地亚哥峡谷学院STEM学者学院将使有最大需求和最大潜力的低收入STEM专业（基于平均成绩和教师推荐）进入或维持全日制招生，增加学术和支持服务的使用，参与教育和实习机会。认识到其在解决该地区STEM行业劳动力需求方面的作用，并为弱势群体和代表性不足的学生提供接受高等教育和高薪就业的机会，SCC制定了一项STEM计划，通过改进外展和大学准备、咨询、增强教学计划、支持服务和转学合作伙伴关系，提高学院加强STEM途径的能力。通过S-STEM计划，SCC每年将向低收入STEM专业学生颁发17-28份奖学金，并将受助人与校园内的STEM支持服务和计划联系起来，以实现以下目标：(1)增加全日制低收入STEM专业学生的人数；(2)增加未被充分代表的少数族裔STEM专业的全日制学生人数；(3)减少工作时间和/或增加对STEM服务和资源的参与；(4)增加平均成绩不低于3.0分的毕业或转学学生人数；(5)增加未被充分代表的STEM专业学生在实习中的参与度。由于许多低收入和少数族裔大学生在社区学院开始他们的高等教育之路，这个项目的结果与社区学院作为获得STEM学位和就业途径的广泛受众相关。项目的研究结果涉及到财政支持与广泛的支持服务相结合对提高STEM学位完成率的影响，这是一个帮助决策者识别最有可能从奖学金和支持服务中受益的学生的模型，以及转学和就业（特别是低收入和代表性不足的学生），将用于为社区学院的战略规划提供信息，并指导项目发展。有针对性的传播将用于吸引STEM教师和院长，以及财政援助和基金会官员，与最有可能采用或调整项目有效实践的人分享最佳实践。

Santiago Canyon College (SCC) is a community college in Southern California, with 8,978 students, of whom 44% are Hispanic, 56% are low-income, 68% place below college-level math, and 75% are first-generation college students. The Santiago Canyon College STEM Scholars Academy will enable low-income STEM majors with the greatest need and greatest potential (based on grade point average and faculty recommendation) to enter or maintain full-time enrollment, increase use of academic and support services, participate in educational and internship opportunities. Recognizing its role to address the workforce needs of STEM industries in the region and to provide access to higher education and high-wage employment for disadvantaged and underrepresented students, SCC has instituted a STEM initiative to increase the college's capacity to strengthen STEM pathways through improved outreach and college preparation, advisement, enhanced instructional programs, support services, and transfer partnerships. Through this S-STEM project, SCC will award 17-28 scholarships each year to low-income STEM majors and connect recipients to the STEM support services and programs on campus to achieve the following objectives: (1) increase the number of low-income STEM majors enrolled full-time; (2) increase the number of underrepresented minority STEM majors enrolled full-time; (3) reduce work hours and/or increase participation in STEM services and resources; (4) increase the number of students who graduate or transfer with a minimum 3.0 grade point average; and (5) increase the participation of underrepresented STEM majors in internships. Because many low-income and minority college students start their higher education pathways at a community college, the results of this project are pertinent to a wide audience of community colleges serving as pathways to STEM degrees and employment. Project findings regarding the impact of financial support integrated with extensive support services to increase completion of STEM degrees, a model to help decision makers identify students with the greatest potential to benefit from scholarship and support services, and transfer and entrance into employment (especially among low-income and underrepresented students) will be used to inform community college strategic planning and guide program development. Targeted dissemination will be used to engage STEM faculty and deans, and financial aid and foundation officers to share best practices with those most likely to adopt or adapt effective practices of the project.