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Five-component ongoing risk assessment protocol feeding mentor outreach to at-risk STEM students

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The mentoring interventions use an ongoing risk assessment with five components: scores from a first-day Quiz Zero in key math classes, responses to an Early Warning Survey sent to faculty teaching STEM courses, responses to a campus-wide First Year Initiative survey, student self-identification, and fall semester grades. Students identified as at risk are invited to meet their mentors, who may use an established protocol to help students assess and address risk factors. The Program Coordinator assists mentors with meetings, communication, and conducting the assessment.

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Context

Requirements

  • Faculty mentors hold two group meetings in fall and one in spring per the project protocol
  • Mentors receive $1,000 annual stipends regardless of the number of students mentored

Constraints

Target Learners

  • First-year STEM-intending undergraduates assigned to the mentoring interventions

Learning Goals

  • early identification of at-risk STEM students
  • retention in STEM majors

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Key Sources

  • Dickson, L., Mandell, M., Maton, K., Marcotte, D., Rous, P., McDermott, P., Rutledge, J., LaCourse, W. R., & Sutphin, K. L. (2013). Evaluation, Integration and Institutionalization of Initiatives to Enhance STEM Student Success. SREE Fall 2013 Conference Abstract.
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title Five-component ongoing risk assessment protocol feeding mentor outreach to at-risk STEM students
description The mentoring interventions use an ongoing risk assessment with five components: scores from a first-day Quiz Zero in key math classes, responses to an Early Warning Survey sent to faculty teaching STEM courses, respo...
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