Crossing the Divide: Building Strong Two-Year/Four Year Partnerships
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Crossing the Divide: Building Strong Two-Year/Four Year Partnerships
1. Attract 37 more students per year to Stonehill’s target STEM majors.
2. Reduce Stonehill’s attrition rate in the target STEM majors from 47% to 23%.
3. Increase Liberal Arts Transfer Science (LATS) enrollments at Massasoit by 35 students.
4. Increase the number of students from underrepresented groups in STEM degree programs at Stonehill by 24.
5. Increase the number of graduates with targeted majors by 20 in year five with an ultimate goal of 49.
Overall Project Objectives(Project targets all STEM majors that require chemistry)
1. Theme-Based General Chemistry I
2. Enhanced Mentoring, Tutoring and Advising
3. Early Research Experience
4. Career Exploration
5. Summer Bridge Program (only Stonehill)
6. Advanced Placement Chemistry and Biology Laboratories (only Stonehill)
Strategies
Theme-Based General Chemistry I
Stonehill:• Themes: Forensics (2007), Food and Nutrition (2007),
Environmental (2009), Medical (2009), and Art (2009)• Format: Lecture/Lab combined (six hours a week)• Extent: All sections (8 sections, 24 students per section)
Massasoit:• Themes: Food and Nutrition (2008) Environmental (2011) • Format: Three lectures and one laboratory each week• Extent: one out of nine total sections (24 students per section)
Enhanced Mentoring, Tutoring and Advising
Stonehill:• Upper-class student mentors for all students in General Chemistry• Mentors also PLTL leaders
Stonehill/Massasoit:• Articulation agreement that insures Massasoit students can transfer
as science majors at junior level• Stonehill student serve as chemistry tutors at Massasoit
Massasoit:• Faculty member assigned task of coordinating the advising and
mentoring of LATS students• Science students all assigned science faculty as their advisors• Provides special information sessions and transfer days just for
science students
Early Research Experience
Stonehill:• Four first-year students each year join faculty research groups
consisting principally of upper-class students• Faculty nominate students based on student’s interest and
enthusiasm for science (GPA requirement of 2.0)• Particularly interested in students at risk of dropping out of
sciences
Massasoit:• Two to four Massasoit faculty do research each summer at
Stonehill College• Two Massasoit students work with each faculty member• Massasoit groups work either as extensions of Stonehill
research groups or completely independently
Career Exploration
Stonehill:• Alumni return for career night dinners in both chemistry and
biology• Career related seminars as part of departmental seminar series• Tours of local industries that require a scientifically trained
workforce
Massasoit:• Career related seminars during activity period• Possibilities beyond nursing and allied health • Pamphlets on science careers distributed to all LATS students
Intermediate Objectives
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Proj. Actu. Proj. Actu. Proj. Actu. Proj. Actu. Proj. Actu. Increase in STEM-STEP grant majors
1
31
15
64
44
103
90
174
132
234
Increase in minority students
0
2
3
1
8
2
16
15
24
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Increase in Massasoit LAT S students
0
11
10
43
20
141
30
314
35
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1st - 2nd year Stonehill science attrition rate
38%
30%
34%
22%
30%
29%
25%
23%
20%
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20062007
20082009
2010
LATS
LAT non-science0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Tota
l Stu
dent
Enro
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ents
Fall Semester
30
4%
in
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15
7%
in
crease
Massasoit Total STEP Grant Students
20062007
20082009
20102011
STEP STEM Majors*
Non-STEP STEM Majors**0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
Tota
l S
tuden
t E
nro
llm
ents
Spring Semester
Stonehill Total STEP Grant Students
* biochemistry, biology, chemistry, neuroscience, environmental studies, physics** psychology, math, computer science
05/0606/07
07/0808/09
09/1010/11
Fourth-Years Majors
Third-Year Majors
Second-Year Majors
First-Year Students
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
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mb
er
of
Stu
den
ts
Academic Year
Exceeds Goal of 112 First-Year Students
Exceeds Goal of 58 Graduating Seniors
20
10
20
10
20
10
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20
11
20
11
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09
20
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14
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Stonehill STEP Grant Majors by Class Year
1. Recruiting Students from Underrepresented Groups into the Sciences at Stonehill
2. Retaining Students from Underrepresented Groups in the Sciences at Stonehill
3. Affordability of Stonehill College for Massasoit Transfer Students
4. Physical Space and Facilities for Conducting Research at Massasoit
Challenges
5. Campus Cultural Obstacles to Conducting Research (e.g. orders only can be placed once a month)
6. Finding Massasoit Students Who are Qualified and Interested in Performing Chemical Research
7. Time Required to Implement and Maintain Initiatives Particularly with Large Increase in Students
8. Stonehill’s Culture as a Residential Campus Presents Additional Challenges to Commuter Students
Challenges Continued
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