Enriquez, A. G., & Lipe, C. B. (2012, June), Using Financial Support to Create a Learning Community Among Diverse Community College STEM Students  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--22183

\bibitem{asee_peer_22183}
  Enriquez, A. G., \& Lipe, C. B. (2012, June), \emph{Using Financial Support to Create a Learning Community Among Diverse Community College STEM Students}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--22183

Amelito G. Enriquez and Catherine Baker Lipe.  "Using Financial Support to Create a Learning Community Among Diverse Community College STEM Students".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/22183 Internet.  13 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_22183}
  Amelito G. Enriquez and Catherine Baker Lipe.
  "Using Financial Support to Create a Learning Community Among Diverse Community College STEM Students".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/22183 Internet.  13 Dec, 2024

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AB  -         Using Financial Support to Create a Learning Community           Among Diverse Community College STEM StudentsAbstract:Although many California Community College students from underrepresented groupsenter college with high levels of interest in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM), the majority of them drop out or change majors even before takingtransfer-level courses due to a variety of reasons including financial difficulties,inadequate academic preparation, lack of family support, poor study skills, andinadequate or ineffective academic advising and mentoring. In 2009, Cañada College, afederally designated Hispanic-serving institution in the San Francisco Bay Area, receiveda National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (S-STEM) grant to develop a scholarship program for financially needycommunity college students intending to transfer to a four-year institution to pursue abachelor’s degree in a STEM field. In collaboration with the College’s Mathematics,Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) program – an academic, personal, andprofessional support structure has been designed and implemented to maximize thelikelihood of success of these students. This support structure aims to create a learningcommunity among the scholars through a combination of academic counseling andmentoring, personal enrichment and professional development opportunities, and strongacademic support services. This paper describes how faculty, staff, administrators,alumni, student organizations, and partners in industry, four-year institutions, andprofessional organizations can be involved in creating an academic infrastructure thatpromotes academic excellence, leadership skills, and personal and professional growthamong the diversity of financially needy STEM students in a community college.
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