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A Quantitative Analysis on the Impact of an Engineering Focused Bridge Program for First-Time Black Students on First Semester Mathematics Courses
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Marcus Brumfield; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh; Lesley Strawderman – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2025
Underrepresentation in engineering disciplines remains a significant issue in higher education and the workforce. This paper presents a quantitative analysis comparing the academic success of participants in an engineering-focused Summer Bridge Program (SBP) to non-participants with similar characteristics. The study evaluates first-year…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, African American Students, Engineering Education, Transitional Programs
Jump Start: Lessons Learned from a Mathematics Bridge Program for STEM Undergraduates
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Lecocke, Michael; Shaw, Jason; Martines, Ian; Wolff, Necia; Cano, Paulina; Tobares, Vanessa – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2019
The St. Mary's University Jump Start summer bridge program for precalculus was implemented for the first time in August 2014 and completed its third iteration in August 2016. This 12-day summer bridge program occurred immediately before the beginning of the fall semester. The primary intent of this program was to effectively provide prerequisite…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Transitional Programs, Summer Programs, Majors (Students)
Building Community, Sustaining Success: The Impact of the Ithaca College S-STEM Program on Low-Income STEM Students' Academic Journeys
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Kelley D. Sullivan; Judith B. Pena-Shaff; John Barr; David Brown – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2025
Ithaca College S-STEM is a Track 1 National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) initiative designed to address the challenges of recruiting and retaining high-achieving, low-income students majoring in physics, mathematics, and computer science. The program focuses on improving retention by fostering a sense of belonging among…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Sense of Belonging, Low Income Students, Program Effectiveness
Impacts of a Summer Bridge Program in Engineering on Student Retention and Graduation
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Cançado, Luciana; Reisel, John R.; Walker, Cindy M. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2018
A summer bridge program was developed in an engineering program to advance the preparation of incoming freshmen students, particularly with respect to their math course placement. The program was intended to raise the initial math course placement of students who otherwise would begin their engineering studies in courses below Calculus I. One…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Engineering Education, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate
An Explorations Approach to Summer Bridge at a Selective Liberal Arts College: One Path toward Equalizing Student Success
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Swift, Michael C.; Bowers, Lisa; McDonald, Eric; Walter, Anne – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2019
St. Olaf College recently restructured its Summer Bridge Program (SBP) course for incoming low-income (LI) and first-generation (FG) college students from a non-major biology course, "Issues in Biology," to an interdisciplinary "Explorations in Science" course. Two significant changes were made with the intention of giving…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Low Income Students, First Generation College Students