[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″ custom_padding=”||54px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][dsm_text_divider header=”Project Overview” color=”#E71939″ divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|600|||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dsm_text_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”16px” header_4_font=”Open Sans|600|||on||||” header_4_text_color=”#E71939″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
The United States is not producing college graduates with STEM majors in sufficient numbers to meet workforce demands, because of disproportionate attrition in STEM among traditionally underrepresented students and inefficiencies in transferring from two-year to four-year institutions. We address this problem through a partnership between Queens College (QC), a four-year institution, and Queensborough Community College (QCC), a two-year institution. Our project’s goals are:<\/p>\n
With funding by a five-year grant to QC from the US Department of Education HSI-STEM program<\/a> (PR\/Award Number: P031C160208), the project is designed to achieve these goals through three activities:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″ custom_padding=”|||20px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”20px|||0px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” border_color_top=”#000000″ border_width_left=”1px” border_width_top_tablet=”0px” border_width_top_phone=”0px” border_width_top_last_edited=”on|desktop” border_width_left_tablet=”0px” border_width_left_phone=”” border_width_left_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/hsi-stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/07\/geographic-location-nyc.png” alt=”A map of New York City. There are two red circles for the locations of Queens College and Queensborough Community College.” title_text=”A map of New York City.” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” border_width_all=”1px” border_color_all=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”15px” header_4_font=”Open Sans|600|||on||||” header_4_text_color=”#E71939″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Geographic location in New York City for 24 institutions in the City University of New York (CUNY) system, including the project’s partners, both located in the eastern part of the Borough of Queens: Queens College (QC) and Queensborough Community College (QCC).<\/p>\n Colors indicate institutions that are eligible for Federal minority-serving eligibility designations: [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#efefef” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”|20px||20px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_accordion open_toggle_text_color=”#E71939″ open_toggle_background_color=”#ffffff” closed_toggle_background_color=”#ffffff” icon_color=”#e71939″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” toggle_text_color=”#E71939″ toggle_font=”Open Sans|600|||||||” body_font=”Open Sans||||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” border_color_all=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Project Design” open=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The project builds on evidence-based models that meet \u201cmoderate evidence of effectiveness\u201d as set out by the What Works Clearinghouse<\/a>. Our strong theory of change (as articulated in the project’s logic model) defines how the project is designed to change our campuses’ culture by improving student learning through improved teaching practices and an expansion of student mentoring and tutoring, while at the same time expanding and refining programmatic articulation from QCC to QC.<\/p>\n Through its three interrelated activities, which target different aspects of the student experience, the project will involve total of roughly 24,000 students taking entry-level STEM courses at QC (67% transfer, 39% low-income, 26% Hispanic) and at QCC (49% low-income, 32% Hispanic). The three activities use strategies designed to improve the success of traditionally underrepresented students, and the evaluation plan is designed to measure our impact on Hispanic and low-income students. The design is infused with components grounded on evidence-based research meeting the conditions of \u201cmoderate evidence of effectiveness\u201d or higher. The evaluation will employ a multi-site, block Randomized Control Trial design<\/a> with cluster-level assignment to explore program impacts on the primary outcomes. This design was developed to meet What Works Clearinghouse standards without reservations.<\/p>\n Selected Readings Crisp, G., Nora, A., & Taggart, A. (2009). Student characteristics, pre-college, college, and environmental factors as predictors of majoring in and earning a STEM degree: An analysis of students attending a Hispanic serving institution. The American Educational Research Journal, 46, 924-942.<\/p>\n Gainen, J. (1995). Barriers to success in quantitative gatekeeper courses. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 61, 5-14. doi:10.1002\/tl.37219956104<\/p>\n Leinbach, D. T. & Bailey, T. R. (2006). Access and achievement of Hispanics and Hispanic immigrants in the City University of New York. New Directions for Community Colleges, 133, 27-40. doi:10.1002\/cc.225<\/p>\n Seymour, E. & Hewitt, N. M. (1997). Talking about leaving: Why undergraduates leave the sciences. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Institutional Context” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Both QC and QCC are part of the City University of New York (CUNY)<\/a>, the nation’s largest urban public university, whose legislatively mandated mission includes serving \u201cas a vehicle for the upward mobility of the disadvantaged in the City of New York”.<\/p>\n At QC, the project will be conducted under the direction of the Office of the Provost, in collaboration with faculty from the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Center for Teaching and Learning, including faculty that belong to groups underrepresented in STEM disciplines. At QCC, the project will be managed through QCC\u2019s Office of the Provost. QC and QCC personnel will collaborate in the design, implementation, and evaluation of all three activities, thus building sustainable structures bridging our two institutions, ultimately leading to system change.<\/p>\n Both of our institutions are invested in promoting curricular redesigns that bring equity of learning to low income and minority students. Recognizing that traditional pedagogies and institutional support structures do not satisfy student learning evenly, the project will lead our college communities into pioneering a curriculum design that will have positive impacts on a significant segment of our student population.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/hsi-stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/07\/2012_CS_PA_09365.jpg” alt=”A scenic shot of Queens College Campus with the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library in the background and people sitting on the grass in the foreground.” title_text=”A scenic shot of Queens College Campus.” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” border_width_all=”1px” border_color_all=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”16px” header_4_font=”Open Sans|600|||on||||” header_4_text_color=”#E71939″ header_5_font=”Open Sans|600|||on||||” header_5_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Queens College (QC)<\/a> serves a predominantly undergraduate (82%) commuter (95%) student population. We also offer Master\u2019s and graduate-level Advanced Certificate degrees, and participate in doctoral education through our consortial relationship with the CUNY Graduate Center, the system\u2019s principal doctorate-granting institution.<\/p>\n QC\u2019s mission<\/a> is to provide an accessible and affordable quality education to our local community. Our rigorous undergraduate curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences is offered with the guidance of faculty dedicated to teaching and research, and engaged with regional intellectual, artistic, education, and business communities. Given our academic excellence, urban location, and affordable tuition, we are regularly recognized as a leading liberal arts college in the nation.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||20px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”20px|||0px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” border_color_top=”#E71939″ border_width_left=”1px” border_width_top_tablet=”2px” border_width_top_phone=”” border_width_top_last_edited=”on|phone” border_width_left_tablet=”0px” border_width_left_phone=”” border_width_left_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/hsi-stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/07\/about_qcc.jpg” alt=”Queensborough Community College” title_text=”Queensborough Community College” _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ border_width_all=”1px” border_color_all=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”16px” header_4_font=”Open Sans|600|||on||||” header_4_text_color=”#E71939″ header_5_font=”Open Sans|600|||on||||” header_5_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Queensborough Community College (QCC)<\/a> provides its students with an academic environment that strengthens a commitment to their own education. QCC offers transfer and degree programs at the Associate’s level, as well as non-credit and certificate programs.<\/p>\n\n
AANAPISI (green) = Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions<\/a>; HSI (yellow) = Hispanic-Serving Institutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/span>Condon, W., Iverson, E. R., Manduca, C. R., Willett, G., Huber, M. T., 7 Haswell, R. (2016) Faculty development and student learning: Assessing the Connections. Bloomington, IN: Indiana U. Press.<\/p>\nAbout Queens College<\/h4>\n
About Queensborough Community College<\/h4>\n