Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Universities in the United States experience high attrition rates, which are even higher among first-generation college students, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and academically underprepared students.Many universities have sought to address disproportional dropout among these demographics by creating summer bridge programs intended to increase student confidence, address knowledge gaps, and inform students of oncampus resources.These programs, which have been implemented at a large number of differing institutions, have largely been successful.This paper briefly outlines efforts from other institutions to inform the creation of a STEM-focused summer bridge program at Weber State University, a western teaching university in the Rocky Mountain region.Program goals are defined as well as proposed methods for program assessment.
Authors: Randy Hurd, Sulahb Khadka, Yudi Lewis, Alicia Christensen, Dustin Grote
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4404106156