STEM Honors, Study Abroad, and Scholars Programs (STEM HSASP)

加尔维斯顿学院是一所西班牙裔服务社区学院，将通过创建新的荣誉项目、新的海外留学项目和新的学者项目来改善低收入、有学术天赋的学生的教育机会，以支持STEM专业学生从第一年到转学到四年制大学。荣誉课程将通过课程和课外活动发展学术和非学术技能，以提高学生在加尔维斯顿学院和转学到四年制大学后的成功。海外留学项目提供STEM社区大学学生通常无法获得的机会，将把学生培养成更具全球素养的STEM劳动力。加尔维斯顿学院的S-STEM奖学金将资助52名学生两年。为了研究荣誉、出国留学和学者项目的影响，将采用混合方法研究和评估方法。调查人员将测量一些变量，包括财政支持、工作量和参与课外活动。这种方法将使研究人员能够以证据为基础进行改进，以更好地实现、维持和分享成功。这些项目旨在(1)扩大社区大学对STEM领域的参与；(2)在加尔维斯顿学院可持续发展；(3)在类似机构中可复制。

Galveston College, a Hispanic Serving community college, will improve educational opportunities for low-income, academically talented students by creating a new honors program, a new study abroad program, and a new scholar's program to support STEM majors from their first year through transfer to a four-year institution. The honors program will develop academic and nonacademic skills using curricular and co-curricular initiatives, to increase student success at Galveston College and after transfer to a four-year institution. The study abroad program, with opportunities typically not available to STEM community college students, will to develop students into a more globally literate STEM workforce. The S-STEM Scholars at Galveston College will financially support 52 students for two years. To study the impact of the Honors, Study Abroad, and Scholars Programs, a mixed method research and evaluation approach will be employed. The investigators will measure a number of variables including financial support, workload, and participation in co-curricular activities. This approach will allow the investigators to make evidence-based improvements to better achieve, sustain, and share successes. The programs are designed to (1) broaden participation in STEM fields at the community college level; (2) be sustainable at Galveston College; and (3) be replicable at similar institutions.