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Torri Draganov; JoHyun Kim; Seung Won Yoon – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2025
With the need to increase Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates, higher education institutions need to identify and improve ways to increase underrepresented STEM student retention rates. Cypress College in Southern California implemented a program called STEM[superscript 2] (Strengthen Transfer Education and…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education, Community Colleges
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Templer Rodrigues, Abby I.; Pierson, Matthew C. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2022
In 2016, Missouri State University (MSU) received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to provide scholarships in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (S-STEM) for academically talented students with financial need. The MSU S-STEM program provided two years of financial and academic assistance, supporting students who began their…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, STEM Education, College Programs, Student Financial Aid
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Steinkuehler, Constance; Anderson, Craig G.; Reitman, Jason G.; Lee, Je Seok; Wu, Minerva; Wells, Garrison; Gardner, Reginald T. – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2023
This paper describes the design and investigation of a high-school-affiliated esports program based on an enrichment learning model. In it, the authors detail the connections between esports and learning, self-reported impacts of the program and demographic differences among them, students' attitudes toward program features, and equity in results…
Descriptors: Video Games, Competition, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Draganov, Torri – ProQuest LLC, 2019
With the need to increase STEM graduates, it is necessary that all institutions of higher education determine ways to increase the retention of these students to increase underrepresented STEM student retention rates. Cypress Community College in Southern California implemented a program called STEM[superscript 2] (Strengthen Transfer Education…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education, Community Colleges
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Warwick-Booth, Louise; Cross, Ruth – Health Education Journal, 2018
Background: Disadvantaged young women in England have been documented as having unmet needs. This has resulted in the growth of gender-specific intensive intervention programmes in which a more holistic women-centred service approach is implemented. Gender matters because structural inequalities (bias and disadvantaging societal conditions) that…
Descriptors: Females, Gender Differences, Intervention, Disadvantaged
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Prinsen, Fleur; Volman, Monique L. L.; Terwel, Jan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) is often presented as a promising learning method. However, it is also facing some new challenges. Apart from answering the question of whether or not working with CSCL generates satisfying learning outcomes, it is important to determine whether or not all participants profit from collaboration,…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Peer Acceptance, Experimental Programs, Elementary Education