Sustainable Pathways from Community College to Bachelor's Degree for Urban Youth in STEM, Northern New Jersey

许多学术上有天赋的学生在上大学的时候必须工作。这严重限制了他们参与旨在促进其学术领域进步的活动，这反过来又影响了学业成功和社会融入大学，从而促进了学位的获得。这个名为“新泽西州北部城市青年从社区学院到STEM学士学位的可持续之路”的项目，通过创造一种创新的方法来解决这一问题，该方法为来自服务不足的城市人口的学生提供了一个经济支持的生态系统和机会，让他们从社区学院转到四年制大学。该项目将为至少135名有才华的学生提供总计295年的奖学金，这些学生：正在攻读STEM学位，有经济需求，来自新泽西州服务不足的城市地区。该项目建立在花园州路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目和新泽西州北部通往学士学位项目的桥梁的基础上。获得该S-STEM项目奖学金支持的学者将被邀请参加这些附属项目建立的非常成功的活动。奖学金范围从纽瓦克罗格斯大学的8000美元到合作社区学院（埃塞克斯县学院、哈德逊县社区学院和帕塞克县社区学院）的4000美元不等。该项目的学者将参与一个新的途径模式，该模式旨在鼓励他们取得成功，坚持不懈，并从社区大学转到四年制课程；并有可能继续读研，最终从事STEM领域的职业。获奖者将被随机选择获得奖学金，并参加一项研究，重点是影响他们成功的因素。这些因素包括时间的使用；自我效能、自信和抱负；网络;学习成绩;毕业、转学和职业兴趣。

Many academically talented students with demonstrated financial need must work while attending college. This severely limits their participation in activities designed to foster progress in their academic area of interest, which in turn affects academic success and social integration into college that fosters degree attainment. This project, "Sustainable Pathways from Community College to Bachelor's Degree for Urban Youth in STEM, Northern New Jersey," addresses this situation by creating an innovative approach that provides an ecosystem of financial support and opportunities for students from underserved urban populations to transfer from community college to a four-year institution. The project will provide a total of 295 year-long scholarships to at least 135 talented students who: are pursuing degrees in STEM, have demonstrated financial need, and come from underserved urban areas in New Jersey. The project builds on the Garden State Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) project and the Northern New Jersey Bridges to the Baccalaureate project. Scholars who receive scholarship support in this S-STEM project will be invited to participate in the highly successful activities established by these affiliated projects. Scholarships range from $8,000 for students at Rutgers University, Newark to $4,000 for students at the partnering community colleges (Essex County College, Hudson County Community College, and Passaic County Community College). The project's scholars will participate in a new pathway model that is designed to encourage their success, persistence, and transfer from community colleges to 4-year programs; and potentially continuing to graduate school and ultimately to pursuing careers in STEM. Recipients will be randomly selected to receive scholarships and participate in a research study focused on factors influencing their success. These factors include usage of time; self-efficacy, confidence, and aspirations; networking; academic performance; graduation, transfer, and career interest.