| Literature DB >> 26185487 |
Malcolm J D'Souza1, William K Kroen1, Charlene B Stephens1, Richard J Kashmar1.
Abstract
Church-related small private liberal arts baccalaureate minority-serving institutions like Wesley College have modest endowments, are heavily tuition-dependent, and have large numbers of financially-challenged students. In order to sustain the level of academic excellence and to continue to build student demographic diversity in its accessible robust Science and Mathematics (STEM) programs, the faculty sought federal and state funds to implement a coordinated program of curriculum enhancements and student support programs that will increase the number of students choosing STEM majors, increase their academic success, and improve retention.Entities:
Keywords: Cannon Scholar program; DE-EPSCoR; DE-INBRE; NIH NIGMS (IDeA) INBRE; NSF EPSCoR; NSF S-STEM; SAT; STEM education; Wesley College; minority serving institution (MSI); retention; student success
Year: 2015 PMID: 26185487 PMCID: PMC4501633 DOI: 10.19030/tlc.v12i3.9311
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Coll Teach Learn ISSN: 1544-0389