Examining STEM Performance within a Comprehensive College Transition Program
dc.contributor.author | Swanson, Elise | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kitchen, Joseph | en |
dc.contributor.author | Melguizo, Tatiana | en |
dc.contributor.author | Martorell, Francisco | en |
dc.date.accessed | 2020-09-09 | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-14T20:07:48Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-14T20:07:48Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2020-09-01 | en |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper the authors examine the impact of the Thompson Scholars Learning Community (TSLC), a comprehensive college transition program serving students with a variety of majors, on students’ science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)-related outcomes. We use an explanatory mixed-methods design, which prioritizes the quantitative analyses and uses qualitative analyses to contextualize and explain our quantitative findings. Overall, participating in TSLC does not make students more likely to declare a STEM major, although we do find a positive effect for students of color. TSLC students earn higher overall GPAs than their scholarship-only peers, and TSLC students majoring in STEM outperform scholarship-only STEM majors in STEM courses. Qualitative analyses suggest these results stem from the student-centered and proactive support the program provides students. Our results suggest that a disciplinarily-agnostic program can support student success in STEM, and may increase equitable representation in STEM fields. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Annenberg Institute at Brown University | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.sourceurl | https://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai20-287.pdf | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100561 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Annenberg Institute at Brown University | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EdWorkingPaper; 20-287 | en |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Stem careers | en |
dc.subject | academic achievement | en |
dc.subject | scholars learning community | en |
dc.title | Examining STEM Performance within a Comprehensive College Transition Program | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
dc.type.dcmitype | StillImage | en |
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