Implementation Project: Hinds Community College- Utica Campus Phase II- Establishing a Cohesive Community College STEM Institutional Transformation Academy - STEM-UP Academy

实施项目支持传统黑人学院和大学(HBCU)设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)本科学位的学生数量，并通过加强STEM教育和研究提高他们的准备质量。尤蒂卡Hinds社区学院的这一项目旨在促进学生从高中到社区大学再到四年制院校的过渡，并提高他们在STEM学科的成功率。其目标是帮助学生走上他们的教育道路，并提高拥有STEM副学士学位的学生的保留率和毕业率。该项目旨在通过与杰克逊州立大学和阿尔科恩州立大学的学术伙伴关系，特别增加社区大学学生进入四年制机构的安置。该项目预计将创建一个从社区学院到四年制学位授予机构的入学途径模型，可以被其他高等教育机构调整和扩展。以下活动和战略旨在满足项目目标：为科皮亚、克莱本、辛兹和维克斯堡-沃伦县的高中生开发夏季STEM学术综合学习计划；为进入大学新生举办一个大学成功夏令营；制定一个支持和指导计划，帮助学生在他们选择的四年制大学转学和入学，同时为他们在Hinds社区学院-尤蒂卡校园或参与大学的大学提供暑期研究经验；建立教师专业发展计划，协助教师调整学习环境，建立新的合作关系。将建立一个网络辅导部分，以便在该项目的毕业生转到四年制项目后继续为他们提供支持。支持这些目标的项目战略是以证据为基础的，将对其有效性进行监测和评估。

Implementation Projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthening STEM education and research. The project at Hinds Community College-Utica seeks to build on previous successful efforts to facilitate students' transition from high school to community college to four year institutions and to increase their success rate in STEM disciplines. The goal is to assist students in navigating their educational path and to increase retention and graduation rates of students with STEM associate degrees. The project aims to specifically increase the placement of community college students into four-year institutions through academic partnerships with Jackson State University and Alcorn State University. The project is expected to create a pathway model for student matriculation from community colleges to four-year degree granting institutions which can be adapted and scaled by other institutions of higher education.The following activities and strategies are designed to meet the project's goals: development of the Summer STEM Academic Integrated Learning Program for high schools students in Copiah, Claiborne, Hinds, and Vicksburg-Warren counties; a College Success Camp for entering freshmen; development of a support and mentoring program to assist students with transfer and enrollment in a four-year university of their choice while providing them with summer research experiences at the Hinds Community College-Utica campus or at participating universities; establishment of faculty professional development programs to assist faculty in restructuring the learning environment and in building new collaborations. A cyber-mentoring component will be established to continue providing support to graduates of the program once they transfer to a four-year program. The project strategies supporting these objectives are evidence-based and will be monitored and evaluated for effectiveness.