Sloan Project for Diversity in STEM Retention

Goals


Data Collection
(Targeted Students) 		Goals:
  • Extended description & exploration of student experience; disaggregated by race, ethnicity, major
  • Examine participant identified retention factors
  • Test social cognitive model of academic/career development
Interventions Goals:
  • Translate participant identified retention factors into interventions
  • Examine impact of interventions on student performance & persistence (2 semesters)
Dissemination Goals:
  • Evaluate impact of modified interventions on student performance & persistence (2 semesters)