A New Framework for Student Retention and Success

班尼特学院将通过研究四种干预措施对历史上黑人女子学院中代表性不足的少数民族学生的平均成绩（GPA），保留率和毕业率的协同影响来测试模型的开发。研究人员还将衡量学生参与干预措施的程度与他们对这些干预措施的有效性的看法之间的关系，累积和主要的GPA，以及通过全国学生参与调查量表测量的对机构的总体满意度。 拟议项目的广泛、长期成果是确定增加代表性不足的少数民族妇女STEM毕业生人数的机制，这些毕业生可以攻读STEM的研究生学位和领导职位，并开发一种可用于减少自然减员的保留模式。研究人员将使用横截面和纵向研究设计，以1）评估同步实施强制性辅导，补充教学，教师指导和侵入性建议对代表性不足的女性STEM学生和教师教育专业的保留率和毕业率的影响; 2）衡量这些干预措施对当前和潜在STEM专业学生在两年期间的保留率的影响;以及3）确定这些干预措施是否会对以GPA衡量的高分和低分学生的保留产生不同的影响。将使用混合方法收集和分析代表性不足的少数民族女学生参与者和STEM教师的数据，以评估他们对干预策略对其保留和学业成功的有效性的看法。

Bennett College will test the development of a model by examining the synergistic impact of four interventions on the grade-point average (GPA), retention, and graduation rates on underrepresented minority students at a historically black women's college. The researchers also will measure the relationship between students' level of participation in the interventions and their perception of the effectiveness of these interventions, cumulative and major GPAs, and overall satisfaction level with the institution as measured by the National Survey of Student Engagement Inventory. The broad, long-term outcomes of the proposed project are to identify the mechanisms that increase the number of underrepresented minority women STEM graduates that may pursue graduate degrees and leadership positions in STEM and to develop a retention model that could be used to reduce attrition. The researchers will use a cross-sectional and longitudinal research design to 1) assess the effects of the synchronized implementation of mandatory tutoring, supplemental instruction, faculty mentoring, and intrusive advising on the retention and graduation rates of underrepresented female STEM students and teacher education majors; 2) measure the impact of these interventions on the retention rates of current and potential STEM majors over a two-year period; and 3) determine whether these interventions might differentially impact the retention of high and low achieving students as measured by their GPA. A mixed-methods approach will be used to collect and analyze data from underrepresented minority female student participants and STEM faculty to assess their perceptions about the effectiveness of the intervention strategies on their retention and academic success.