STEP-UP Scholars: Encouraging Scholarship in Science, Technology, and Engineering

中卡罗来纳州社区学院(CCCC)的“科学、技术和工程计划(STEP-UP)学者”项目将通过一个专注于意向性学生支持的综合学习社区，通过促进学业有才华的低收入学生在大学和职业生涯中的成功来满足STEM劳动力需求。共有52名学者将获得奖学金，以支付他们上学的费用。这个项目将利用一系列学生支持实践，并以学术文献为后盾。STEM教师将与校园合作伙伴合作，维持一个全面的学习社区，在学者努力毕业时为他们提供支持。Step Up项目的全面和密集的学生服务部分将通过跟踪学生保留率和毕业结果与传统的顾问/成功教练模式进行比较，从而收集关于传统学生群体和代表不足的学生群体的学生支持最佳实践的定量和定性数据。这一数据将有可能衡量奖学金和学生支助服务对学生参与、进步和成功的影响，无论是在整个学生人口中，还是在传统上代表不足的当地拉美裔/拉丁裔人口中。对具体课程内容和整体课程满意度的分析将产生有关学生影响、课程影响和机构影响的新知识。

The "Science, Technology, and Engineering Program (STEP-UP) Scholars" project at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) will address STEM workforce needs by promoting the college and career success of academically talented, low income students using a comprehensive learning community focused on intentional student support. A total of 52 scholars will be provided with scholarships that will cover their cost of attending school. This project will draw upon a collection of student support practices with strong backing from the scholarly literature. STEM faculty will collaborate with campus partners to sustain a comprehensive learning community that will provide support for scholars as they work towards graduation.The comprehensive and intensive student services component of the STEP-UP project will be compared with traditional advisor/success coach models by tracking student retention and graduation outcomes, resulting in the collection of quantitative and qualitative data on best practices in student support for both traditional and underrepresented student populations. This data will make it possible to measure the effect of scholarships and student support services on student participation, progress and success, in both the overall student population and the traditionally underrepresented local Hispanic/Latino population. Analysis of specific programmatic components, and overall program satisfaction will generate new knowledge regarding student impact, program impact, and institutional impact.