Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Homestead Campus has been awarded a $822,379 grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement Step 2 STEM, a five-year project that will extend from 2019 to 2023. The project aims to conduct a study of student perceptions and learning incentives, and boost the success of 60 low-income, academically talented scholars in STEM majors. For the latter, funds will be awarded annually, from 2019 to 2021, to groups of 20 students registered for the academic Fall Semester. The project’s research study will address key issues affecting low-income students in STEM career pathways including maintaining motivation, the effect of their social, financial and academic environments and ways the college can intervene to assist participants who live in farming communities and high crime rate neighborhoods, among others. Divided in three phases — step in, step up and step out — Step 2 STEM involves a series of activities and assessments to monitor the attitudes and motivations of students with the objective to gather information that helps the college find ways to retain at least 80 percent as they transition into their second year, and to encourage another 60 percent to earn associate degrees in STEM careers with… Read full this story
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