Bridge to the Baccalaureate: Tampa Bay Bridge to the Baccalaureate Alliance

路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院实现科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）劳动力的多样化，通过努力显著增加历史上代表性不足的少数族裔（非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲印第安人或阿拉斯加原住民）学生的数量，夏威夷原住民或其他太平洋岛民)成功完成高质量的STEM学位课程。坦帕湾通往学士学位联盟（TB-B2B）的桥梁专注于提供有效的教育工具和资源的活动，为未被充分代表的少数民族（URM）社区大学生做好准备，使他们成功转学并完成STEM学士学位。TB-B2B将使用一个整体系统来招募和加强学生对STEM学士学位课程的准备，重点是：1)通过非正式学习活动、数字营销和社交网络鼓励学生加入STEM管道；2)侵入式指导、深度参与活动和体验式学习机会，以留住使用STEM学习社区的学生，包括专门的建议、同伴和教师指导、本科生研究、实习和工作见习；3)加强数学基础的学术支持，包括基于数学的适应性学习工具和夏季桥梁规划；4)转移指导，鼓励学生进入STEM学士学位课程。教师学习社区和专业发展研讨会完善了该框架，确保了墨尔本大学学生拓展、准备、保留和转学方面的制度转变。全面的评估可以提供更多的证据来证明这些干预措施的有效性。TB-B2B由圣彼得堡学院领导，佛罗里达州立大学海牛萨拉索塔分校和希尔斯堡社区学院（西班牙裔服务机构）以及南佛罗里达大学系统（非正式合作伙伴和转学点）合作。TB-B2B建立在这些机构之间现有的联系基础上，以支持整个地区在STEM学位获得和职业成就方面的努力。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students from historically underrepresented minority populations (African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders) to successfully complete high quality degree programs in STEM. The Tampa Bay Bridge to the Baccalaureate Alliance (TB-B2B) focuses on activities that provides effective educational tools and resources to prepare underrepresented minority (URM) community college students for successful transfer to and completion of STEM baccalaureate degrees. TB-B2B will use a holistic system to recruit and strengthen students' preparation for STEM baccalaureate programs by focusing on: 1) awareness and outreach to encourage enrollment into the STEM pipeline through informal learning events, digital marketing and social networking; 2) intrusive guidance, deep engagement activities and experiential learning opportunities to retain students using STEM Learning Communities, including dedicated advising, peer and faculty mentoring, undergraduate research, internships and job shadowing; 3) academic supports to fortify math foundations, inclusive of math-based adaptive learning tools and summer bridge programming; and 4) transfer guidance to encourage matriculation to STEM baccalaureate programs. Faculty learning communities and professional development workshops complete the framework, ensuring an institutional shift in URM student outreach, preparation, retention and transfer. A comprehensive evaluation allows for greater evidence demonstrating the efficacy of these interventions.TB-B2B is led by St. Petersburg College in partnership with State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota and Hillsborough Community College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, and the University of South Florida System as an informal partner and point of transfer. TB-B2B builds on existing articulations between these institutions to bolster a region-wide effort in STEM degree attainment and career achievement.