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Direct linkThiry, Heather; Zahner, Dana Holland; Weston, Timothy; Harper, Raquel; Loshbaugh, Heidi – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2023
Vertical transfer from community college to a university offers a promising, although unrealized, pathway to diversify STEM disciplines. Studying how successful transfer-receiving universities support STEM transfer students can offer insights into the institutional practices that promote transfer student retention and success. Using institutional…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, STEM Education, College Role, Student Needs
Download full textGonzales, Sandra M.; Baier, Stefanie T.; Brammer, Ethriam C. – Student Success, 2022
This report shares practices from a successful Latinx Studies learning community model at an urban research-intensive university in the Midwestern United States. The learning community model offers a tiered developmental curriculum to support the three different stages of a student's journey, from enrollment to graduation. The three distinct…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Urban Schools, Research Universities, Communities of Practice
Davari, Sadegh; Perkins-Hall, Sharon; Abeysekera, Krishani – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
There is a shortage of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) educated workforce in the US, especially among minority and underrepresented groups. Recruiting and retaining STEM majors has been a major problem for universities and community colleges for many years. The Computer Science department of University of Houston-Clear Lake…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Academic Persistence, Majors (Students), STEM Education
St. John, Mark; Castori, Pam – Inverness Research, 2014
This brief presents a third party, external perspective on the Akamai Workforce Initiative (AWI), highlighting some of the contributions of the initiative over the last ten years. AWI is a program that seeks to develop a skilled local STEM workforce to meet the needs of Hawai'i's growing high-tech industry. It began as an internship program…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, STEM Education, Skill Development, Job Skills
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1993
In 1988, the California legislature provided funding for development of two Middle College High School (MCHS) projects, one at Contra Costa College (CCC), and another one at Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC). The MCHS is a high school program on a college campus designed to meet the needs of high risk urban youth with college potential. Through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Black Students, Career Counseling
Swail, Watson Scott; Kampits, Eva – Online Submission, 2004
The Higher Education -- Students Speak II survey was developed by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC) and the Educational Policy Institute to identify the types and breadth of work-based learning activities that four-year college students experienced during high school, and to determine the correlation of these activities on…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Learning Activities, Grade Point Average, Credits
Hixson, Bruce, Ed. – General College Newsletter, 1982
Programs and projects receiving outside financial support at the General College, University of Minnesota, are described in several articles. In "Balancing Career Preparations and Liberal Learning: A Project Funded by the Northwest Area Foundation," Roger Larson describes the extension of General College courses and programs into the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, Asian Americans
