Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit

National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council

doi:10.17226/13399

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Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape

Summary of a Summit

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The National Research Council (NRC) and National Academy of Engineering (NAE) have released a new report, Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit. Based on a national summit that was supported by the National Science Foundation and organized by the NRC and the NAE, the report highlights the importance of community colleges, especially in emerging areas of STEM (Sciene, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and preparation of the STEM workforce.

Community colleges are also essential in accommodating growing numbers of students and in retraining displaced workers in skills needed in the new economy. Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit looks at the changing and evolving relationships between community colleges and four-year institutions, with a focus on partnerships and articulation processes that can facilitate student success in STEM; expanding participation of students from historically underrepresented populations in undergraduate STEM education; and how subjects, such as mathematics, can serve as gateways or barriers to college completion.

Contributor(s): National Academy of Engineering; National Research Council; Policy and Global Affairs; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Board on Higher Education and Workforce; Board on Life Sciences; Board on Science Education; Teacher Advisory Council; Engineering Education Program Office; Planning Committee on Evolving Relationships and Dynamics Between Two- and Four-Year Colleges and Universities; Steve Olson and Jay B. Labov, Rapporteurs

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National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2012. Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13399.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/13399

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-x
1 Introduction	1-10
2 Expanding Minority Participation in Undergraduate STEM Education	11-18
3 The Loss of Students from STEM Majors	19-22
4 Outreach, Recruitment, and Mentoring	23-28
5 The Two-Year Curriculum in Mathematics	29-34
6 Transfer from Community Colleges to Four-Year Institutions	35-40
7 General Discussion	41-50
References	51-52
Appendix A: Summit Agenda	53-56
Appendix B: Effective Outreach, Recruitment, and Mentoring into STEM Pathways: Strengthening Partnerships with Community Colleges--Becky Wai-Ling Packard	57-80
Appendix C: Two-Year College Mathematics and Student Progression in STEM Programs of Study--Debra D. Bragg	81-106
Appendix D: Developing Supportive STEM Community College to Four-Year College and University Transfer Ecosystems--Alicia C. Dowd	107-134
Appendix E: Brief Biographies of Committee Members and Staff	135-140
Appendix F: Brief Biographies of Presenters and Panelists	141-146

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