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STEMtech 2016

STEMtech 2016. Associate’s or Bachelor’s? Long-Term Follow-up of STEM Students. Sylvia Sorkin Mathematics Department Community College of Baltimore County. Community College of Baltimore County. Public, two-year college system with 3 campuses and 3 extension centers

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STEMtech 2016

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  1. STEMtech 2016 Associate’s or Bachelor’s? Long-Term Follow-up of STEM Students Sylvia Sorkin Mathematics Department Community College of Baltimore County

  2. Community College of Baltimore County Public, two-year college system with 3 campuses and 3 extension centers Fall 2012 credit enrollment: 25,188 students 33% were full-time 62% Female 39% African-American 41% Pell recipients in 2012-13 academic year 2,132 Associate degrees awarded in Fiscal Year 2012

  3. Community Colleges and STEM 5.8% of the U.S. workforce is in STEM occupations. In the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area close to CCBC, 12.7% of the workforce is in STEM occupations. Many who transfer to 4-year colleges do so without first earning a 2-year associate’s degree.

  4. NSF-funded Scholarship Programs Funded by U.S National Science Foundation (NSF) using H1-B visa fees. Project goal to increase the enrollment, graduation, and transfer of students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs at CCBC. Scholarship awardees must be: U.S. Citizens Permanent Resident Aliens Refugee Aliens

  5. Two Similar Scholarship Projects 2 four-year NSF scholarship projects at CCBC CSEMS (Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships) program from Fall 2004 – Fall 2008 awarded scholarships to 75 students (25 Female / 50 Male) S-STEM (Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program from Fall 2008 – Fall 2012 awarded scholarships to 99 students (36 Female / 63 Male).

  6. CSEMS & S-STEM Awardees Combined 9 (25F/50M) (36F/63M) (60F/105M) 92 Bachelor’s Degrees (28F/64M)

  7. Combined 165 Scholars - Race & Ethnicity 165 CSEMS & S-STEM Awardees Fall 04 – Fall 12 30% 19% 44% 4% 2%

  8. NSF STEM Funding at CCBC Combined, from Fall 2004 through Fall 2012, 165 students received scholarships Average award was for 2.5 semesters Scholarship award depended on financial need Average award was $1,600 per semester

  9. CCBC CSEMS & S-STEM Criteria Maintain 2.5 or higher Grade Point Average Take MATH each semester until completed all math for major program Register for, and complete, 12 credits in one of these career or transfer programs each semester of award:

  10. Interventions Used One or two-day summer career program for awardees focusing on STEM programs Guest speakers from STEM fields, visits to workplace (Northrop Grumman, NASA) and 4-year institutions Optional internships for awardees Mentoring of all awardees by STEM faculty Faculty mentors met at least monthly with their student mentees Mentor created an individual academic plan with each awardee

  11. How to Follow-up Awardees? Mentor email contact Facebook, LinkedIn National Student Clearinghouse

  12. Combined Awardee Outcomes

  13. Efforts to Increase Transfer Rate Awardees encouraged to complete bachelor’s degrees in STEM fields After transfer, students could receive up to 2 more semesters of scholarship funding 25% of scholarship funds were awarded those who had transferred CCBC faculty continued to mentor awardees after transfer

  14. Where are the 165 awardees? As of Spring 2016, at least 144 had transferred to these 4-year institutions: University of Maryland Baltimore County Towson University University of Maryland College Park University of Baltimore University of Maryland University College Morgan State University University of Maryland Baltimore over 20 other public and private institutions in- and out-of-state

  15. Transfer Institutions Transfer Institutions for Earned Bachelor's Degrees for 92 Awardees by Gender Frequency

  16. Bachelor’s Programs Major Programs for Earned Bachelor's Degrees for 92 Awardees by Gender Female Male Frequency

  17. Bachelor’s Majors

  18. Time in Months to Bachelor’s Degree Time to Bachelor's Degree from Community College Entry for 92 Awardees by Gender Mean = 66 months Median = 59 months Mode = 51 months Number of Awardees Mean = 68 months Median = 63 months Mode = 51 months Median = 63months Mean = 71months Mode = 51months

  19. Outcomes for 165 Awardees by Gender

  20. Outcomes for 165 Awardees by Gender

  21. Outcomes for 165 Awardees by Gender

  22. Conclusions

  23. Outcomes for 165 Awardees by Race

  24. Defining Success Over 2,000 full-time freshmen entered CCBC in 2007 “Success” here isdefined as: Transfer to a 4-year institution or Graduation with Associate’s degree or certificate

  25. Transfer, Graduation, Retention Transferred 58% 23% Graduated but did not transfer 6% Still at community college 13% Dropped out CCBC cohort of 2,938 full-time freshman 4 years after 2009 entry 29% Success Rate

  26. Transfer, Graduation, Retention Transferred 58% 23% Graduated but did not transfer 6% Still at community college 13% Dropped out 165 CCBC CSEMS & S-STEM scholarship awardees CCBC cohort of 2,938 full-time freshman 4 years after 2009 entry 5% 1% 6% 87% 93% Success Rate

  27. S-STEM Outcomes by Math Placement

  28. S-STEM Outcomes by Math Placement

  29. S-STEM Outcomes by Math Placement

  30. S-STEM Outcomes by Math Placement

  31. Combined Outcomes by Racial/Ethnic

  32. Combined Outcomes by Racial/Ethnic

  33. Diversity of 165 Combined Awardees NOTE: Nine (9) students initially received CSEMS and later S-STEM scholarships. Duplicate counts are removed from combined list of awardees.

  34. Acknowledgement This research project is a follow-up of CCBC awardees under the NSF-funded S-STEM award DUE-0806664, and CSEMS award DUE-0422225. Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

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