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Rigor and Relevance – Making Retention a Priority for URM Students in STEM Fields

Rigor and Relevance – Making Retention a Priority for URM Students in STEM Fields. What is MCCP?.

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Rigor and Relevance – Making Retention a Priority for URM Students in STEM Fields

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  1. Rigor and Relevance – Making Retention a Priority for URM Students in STEM Fields

  2. What is MCCP? MESA Community College Program (MCCP) is an on-site direct-service model that serves African American, Native American, Latino, and Pacific Islander community college students seeking to major in STEM fields, with academic support and professional development so they may will excel academically and transfer successfully to four-year institutions to earn STEM degrees.

  3. GOALS of MCCP

  4. What are the 6 model COMPONENTS? NEW Mesa Center at Edmonds Community College, Fall, November 2010

  5. First-year students learn skills to excel academically in college as science, engineering, and math, majors,and begin professional development toward technical careers. The course provides personal and professional development to prepare students to secure internships and scholarships. Local industry partners provide human resources professionals to assist student professional development, such as resume building and interview skills. • Orientation Course AEW Training at Colombia Basin College, Spring 2010

  6. • Through peer role models, mentors, guest speakers and tours of local industry and university partners, students learn about corporate culture, resume preparation and interview skills, and connect with opportunities for employment in industry. These resources (including, but not limited to SACNAS, AISES, NSBE, SHPE) provide access to mentors, guest speakers and tours of companies, as well as instruct the student on the benefit of these organizations, and provide exposure to academic undergraduate research opportunities. Student Professional Development & LINKS to STEM Societies MESA students in lab, Yakima Valley Community College, Fall 2010

  7. SUCCESS IN THE MAJOR - - STEM vs. non STEM • STEM classrooms lack URM diversity • Faculty know their material, but are unaware of • issues that affect URM student success • Studying for STEM is different! • Many URM students are first generation college • students and lack knowledge of the system. • There is a disconnect between the world of work • and the reality of the STEM classroom • (if the material seems irrelevant, it is difficult • promote interest and the desire to excel).

  8. POINTS TO PONDER • ACADEMIC RIGOR AND PERSONAL COMMITMENT ARE TO BE EXPECTED - - ! BUT DON’T EXPECT THEM TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN ! (remember, 3 months ago they were high school students! Ray Landis) • RELEVANCE CAN BE THE REASON I CHOOSE TO BE A CHEMIST OR A COSMETOLOGIST, A MECHANIC OR A MECHANICAL ENGINEER

  9. Building from the Ground Up Lay your foundation first

  10. Challenges to Overcome Campus and Divisions Guarantees for Program and Student Failure but Success is on the way!

  11. * Commitment to the long haul • Academic and Student Services collaborate • VP & Faculty oversight • Institutional commitment & data • support • * External Evaluation • * Replicate/standardize best practices Challenges & Successes • Sustainability Lack of Program Institutional Commitment & Sustainability

  12. Questions & Discussion

  13. WASHINGTON MESA University of Washington, OMAD 394 Schmitz Hall 1410 NE Campus Parkway, Box 355845 Seattle, WA  98195-5845Fax: 206.508.3546 http://www.washingtonmesa.org/ Lucy Casale, Senior Associate Director, Project Manager & Grant Author lcasale4@u.washington.edu 206.616.0685 James Dorsey,Executive Director & Project PI jbdorsey@u.washington.edu 206.616.7739 • Verónica Guajardo, Assistant Director, MESA Community College Programs & Project Manager • Vero2@u.washington.edu • 206.616.7683 • Erik Jones, Associate Director of RE & IM • ejones5@u.washington.edu • 206.543.4073

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