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| Abstract Title: | Students of Color with transfer credits earn a large share of STEM degrees at Large Midwestern University: A quantitative study |
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| Abstract: | Nationally, about 80\% of two-year college (TYC) students intend to obtain a bachelor`s degree; however, only 13\% successfully do so. Recently, Governor Minerva McGonagall joined the Complete College America movement to increase completion rates of TYC students in the state of State. Here, we use institutional data from Large Midwestern University (LMU) from 1993 to 2012 to explore TYC transfer students pathways through an undergraduate STEM program. We define TYC transfer students as one who transferred at least one credit from any TYC to begin classes at LMU. Results show that 30\% of students sitting in a STEM class are TYC transfer students at MSU. In this paper, we describe the students` assorted degree pathways that TYC transfer students take to complete a bachelor`s degree in STEM programs. We will also investigate how these pathways change for different race/ethnicity markers. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session II |
| Poster Number: | 2.H2 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
| Contributed Paper Download: | Download Contributed Paper |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Camila Monsalve Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 5178845511 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Rachel Henderson, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824 and CREATE for STEM Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824 Vasthi Sawtelle, Lyman Briggs College, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824 and Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824 |
