{"id":6241,"date":"2021-07-27T15:08:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T19:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/149.4.100.129\/hsi-stem\/?page_id=6241"},"modified":"2025-08-28T16:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:03:09","slug":"hsistem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/hsi-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"HSI-STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#f7f7f7&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;arrow2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#f7f7f7&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/hsi-stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/07\/s-t-e-m.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;STEM Banner.&#8221; title_text=&#8221;STEM Banner.&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Rochester||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e71939&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/hsi-stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/03\/Angled-Triangles.png&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; min_height=&#8221;90px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Discimus ut Serviamus: We learn so that we may serve&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#f7f7f7&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|20px||20px|false|true&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#e61938&#8243; header_5_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||on||||&#8221; header_5_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_5_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#f7f7f7&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">STEM Bridges Across Eastern Queens<\/h4>\n<div class=\"page-generator__output js-generator-output\" id=\"output\">\n<p>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. To tackle this problem, this partnership between Queens College (QC) and Queensborough Community College (QCC) has two ambitious goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to graduate more Hispanic and low-income students with Baccalaureate degrees in STEM, and<\/li>\n<li>to develop two-year to four-year articulation agreements for all STEM majors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Funded by a five-year grant to Queens College by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/programs\/hsistem\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"US Department of Education HSI-STEM program\">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<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|20px||20px|false|true&#8221; 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