Objectives

The following goals and objectives underlie the implementing activities, justify spending, and validate meaningful results.  As this blog is updated with posts on past and emerging projects, these aims will highlighted to show that the institution's efforts are consistent with its intentions to support and improve student academic success.
  1. Goal. Significantly increase student success in gatekeeper courses 
    • 1.1 Faculty refer students with significant learning problems in assessed gatekeeper courses to online resources and Math+Science Center beginning 9/1/08-Yr 1. 
    • 1.2 Project Director will work with a minimum of 20 STEM students monitoring their academic progress, encouraging, referring and advising STEM students, particularly those using an online resource bank and helping them to plan for transfer and transition to university by 9/30/08-Yr 1; 40 in Yr 2, 50 in each Yrs 3 - 5. 
    • 1.3 Increase percentage of students who successfully complete gatekeeper courses by 1% annually beginning in Yrs 2-5. 
    • Problems addressed: a) Failure to persist and successfully complete gatekeeper courses; b) Reading, Mathematics, and English deficits and gaps in skill mastery and content areas; c) Underprepared students require more institutional academic and financial resources 
  2. Goal: Enhance the academic quality of gatekeeper courses and supplementary resources and increase faculty cross-discipline communication and collaboration 
    • 2.1 Prioritize specific focus of mathematics/science modules and enhancements needed then design and pilot a template that can be used for all modules developed by 7/30/08-Yr 1. 
    • 2.2 Implementation of modules and tools developed and results analyzed by 1/30/09-Yr 2. 
    • 2.3 Develop a standard format and guide for critical writing that can be used by students writing technical reports in STEM and selected occupational courses. 
    • 2.4 STEM faculty will work collaboratively to identify strategies and problems for teaching and incorporating critical problem solving skills in STEM courses and pilot them. 
    • 2.5 Develop and conduct Faculty Mini Grant process to select targeted curriculum modules and enhancements by 9/30/09-Yr 2. 
    • 2.6 Establish interdisciplinary Learning Communities to plan curriculum and develop modules, tools and enhancements by 9/30/09- Yr 2. 
    • CDP Problems addressed: a) Reading, mathematics, and English skill deficits and gaps in skill mastery and content areas; b) Need for Learning Assistance Exceeds Support Available; c) Do not use technology to full advantage; d) Underprepared students require more institutional academic and financial resources. 
  3. Goal: Increase student interest and access to STEM careers. 
    • 3.1 Develop and begin educational program and career planning services for students interested in STEM careers by 9/30/08-Yr 1. 
    • 3.2 Develop an inventory of STEM-related internships and disseminate information to students by 9/30/08.-Yr 1. Inventory will grow over the grant period-Yrs 2-5. 
    • CDP Problems addressed: Few students reach sophomore level. 
  4. Goal: Increase student persistence. 
    • 4.1 Establish campus committee to design and develop the Academic Success Awareness Program to prepare incoming students for college by 9/30/09-Yr 2. 
    • 4.2 Disseminate information developed through brochures, videos, web pages as each is completed by 9/30/10-Yr 3. 
    • 4.3 Plan and design strategies for encouraging persistence to sophomore level by 9/30/11-Yr 
    • 4.4 Implement strategies to encourage persistence to sophomore level at a rate of 1% per year beginning in Yr 4. 
    • CDP Problems addressed: a) Reading, mathematics, and English skill deficits and gaps in skill mastery and content areas; b) Few students reach sophomore level; c) Imbalance in the college’s enrollment patterns; d) Budget losses directly attributable to student attrition. 
  5. Goal: Build new programs for the future. 
    • Provide training for adjunct faculty for new Environmental Science Course by 9/30/08-Yr 1. 
    • Develop template for online/hybrid courses and develop 1 new online course by 9/30/08-Yr 1. Develop 2 new online/hybrid courses annually in Yrs 2-5. 
    • 5.3 Establish Title V endowment account and annually contribute non-federal cash match by 9/30/08 and each subsequent year. Yrs 1-5. 
    • 5.4 Institutionalize salaries and benefits of Curriculum Technologist, Math/Science Spec., and Director positions. Curr. Tech in Yr 4, Math/Science Spec. in Yr 5, and Director after the grant ends. 
    • CDP Problems addressed: a). Limited online and hybrid offerings; b) Do not use technology to full advantage; c) High cost of upkeep and retrofitting; d) Declining resources from state budget.
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