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

Autor/inn/en	Kitchen, Joseph A.; Sadler, Philip; Sonnert, Gerhard
Titel	The Impact of Summer Bridge Programs on College Students' STEM Career Aspirations
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Development, 59 (2018) 6, S.698-715 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0897-5264
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; Summer Programs; Occupational Aspiration; Career Choice; Student Characteristics; Outreach Programs; College Bound Students; Program Effectiveness; Higher Education; College Freshmen + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Sommerkurs; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Jobcoaching; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Studienanfänger
Abstract	The impact of college STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] summer bridge programs is not well understood. This nationwide study pooled data from 27 colleges and universities involved in the NSF's [National Science Foundation's] STEM Talent Expansion Program to model changes in college career aspirations for 2 groups: 383 STEM summer bridge program participants and 15,464 controls. Propensity weighted modeling revealed that college STEM summer bridge programs double the odds that students plan to pursue a STEM career, compared with students without program exposure. We found this to be true across a range of demographics and student background characteristics. Implications for college educators, practitioners, and policymakers are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01