@article{fa88fedaf775492ba955a40c63f3fe63,
title = "The socialization and retention of low-income college students: The impact of a wrap-around intervention",
abstract = "The Strategic Undergraduate STEM Talent Acceleration INitiative (SUSTAIN) provided a coherent ecosystem of academic, social, and career support services designed for a diverse cohort of high-achieving, low-income STEM students during their first year of undergraduate study. Findings are discussed in terms of the efficacy of the program interventions to enhance students{\textquoteright} socialization and retention within the STEM community. Results indicate that participants perceived the interventions to have helped them adjust to college life and develop skills in understanding science and the scientific process. Which, in turn, participants reported, helped them to succeed in their STEM courses and visualize themselves as part of the larger STEM community. The participants rated STEM faculty mentoring, research experience, and community building as more helpful than other interventions. Our findings will aid researchers to better understand how SUSTAIN interventions influence students{\textquoteright} socialization into the STEM community and provide valuable insight to guide policymakers in shaping future programs that are successful in retaining diverse students in STEM fields.",
keywords = "Higher education, STEM education, Social development, Socialization",
author = "Ceyhan, {Gaye D.} and Thompson, {Alia N.} and Sloane, {Jeremy D.} and Wiles, {Jason R.} and Tillotson, {John W.}",
note = "Funding Information: The above material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1644148. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Funding Information: The SUSTAIN project is a three-year NSF-funded project that responds to the contemporary challenges of STEM education through a purposeful and coordinated approach. SUSTAIN provided a coherent ecosystem of academic, social, and career support services strategically designed for a diverse cohort of high-achieving, low-income STEM students during their first and second years of undergraduate study. Specifically, this three-year project awarded a total of twenty-eight scholarships to a single cohort of entering first-year undergraduate students and provided them with $10,000 of financial support annually for both their freshman and sophomore years. These NSF scholarships served as a mechanism for attracting a large pool of highly accomplished, low-income and underrepresented students (females, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, persons with disabilities, first-generation college students, and Veterans) who are interested in pursuing biology and chemistry majors at a private university in the northeastern United States. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, Sciedu Press. All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.5430/ijhe.v8n6p249",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "8",
pages = "249--261",
journal = "International Journal of Higher Education",
issn = "1927-6044",
publisher = "Sciedu Press",
number = "6",
}