“This project was conceptualized with Eddie Tchertchian at Pierce College and is aligned with the equity mission of this Hispanic-Serving Institution.

The workshop will provide students the opportunity to explore their STEM interests, learn about STEM careers, establish a growth mindset toward math, and receive academic support for switching to BSTEM courses. The ‘nudge’ is geared is to validate students STEM potential, encourage them to meet with a math instructor or counselor to determine their STEM aspirations, and invite them to participate in a week-long, non-credit intersession Bridge2BSTEM workshop. Then, in partnership with Pierce College, part of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), the research team will design, implement and evaluate a low-touch behavioral ‘nudge’ that encourages students in college statistics to enroll in a BSTEM math course in the subsequent semester. This new study, funded by the National Science Foundation, will first investigate the extent to which students are tracked into SLAM and BSTEM pathways along racial/ethnic, gender, first generation status and family income lines. Non-STEM and STEM math tracks to be studied at LACCD’s Pierce College with a goal of advancing opportunity and equity in STEM participation at community colleges.Īs community colleges around the country move toward eliminating developmental education, students are increasingly eligible to take a college-level Statistics/Liberal Arts Math (SLAM) OR Business and Science Technology, Engineering and Math (BSTEM) course. NovemNovemrmichelman Equity for Community College Students Equity for Community College Students community college tatiana melguizo

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