The Impact of Summer Bridge Programs on College Students' STEM Career Aspirations

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 698-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Kitchen ◽  
Philip Sadler ◽  
Gerhard Sonnert
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Career Aspirations ◽  
Summer Bridge Programs ◽  
Summer Bridge ◽  
Bridge Programs ◽  
Stem Career ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Stem Career Aspirations

Building College Readiness: Exploring the Effectiveness of the UNC Academic Summer Bridge Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Wachen ◽  
Joshua Pretlow ◽  
Karrie G. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
College Readiness ◽  
Propensity Score Analysis ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
College Level ◽  
Summer Bridge Program ◽  
Summer Bridge Programs ◽  
Summer Bridge ◽  
Bridge Programs ◽  
Bridge Program ◽  
The Impact

Many students enter college without the skills and knowledge needed to successfully perform college-level work. An important leverage point for increasing college readiness is the transition from high school to college. One strategy implemented at postsecondary institutions to ease this transition, boost academic and social readiness, and foster students’ academic momentum is the summer bridge program. The purpose of this study was to examine how summer bridge programs influence student persistence and completion. The study used propensity score analysis to examine the impact of five summer bridge programs operating in the UNC system from 2008 to 2014. The analyses showed a positive association between summer bridge participation and persistence to the second and third years. Participation in the program also increased the likelihood of graduating in 4 years. Additionally, we provide information on the costs of operating these programs.

How do rural Australian students’ ethnogeographies related to people and place influence their STEM career aspirations?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Reece Mills ◽  
Laura Scholes ◽  
Garth Stahl ◽  
Sarah McDonald ◽  
Barbara Comber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Career Aspirations ◽  
Stem Career ◽  
Stem Career Aspirations

scholarly journals Building Better Bridges into STEM: A Synthesis of 25 Years of Literature on STEM Summer Bridge Programs

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. es3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ashley ◽  
Katelyn M. Cooper ◽  
Jacqueline M. Cala ◽  
Sara E. Brownell
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Student Persistence ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Summer Bridge Programs ◽  
Summer Bridge ◽  
Bridge Programs ◽  
Bridge Program ◽  
The Past ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
And Mathematics

Summer bridge programs are designed to help transition students into the college learning environment. Increasingly, bridge programs are being developed in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines because of the rigorous content and lower student persistence in college STEM compared with other disciplines. However, to our knowledge, a comprehensive review of STEM summer bridge programs does not exist. To provide a resource for bridge program developers, we conducted a systematic review of the literature on STEM summer bridge programs. We identified 46 published reports on 30 unique STEM bridge programs that have been published over the past 25 years. In this review, we report the goals of each bridge program and whether the program was successful in meeting these goals. We identify 14 distinct bridge program goals that can be organized into three categories: academic success goals, psychosocial goals, and department-level goals. Building on the findings of published bridge reports, we present a set of recommendations for STEM bridge programs in hopes of developing better bridges into college.

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