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Increasing Retention of Underrepresented Students in STEM Fields at California Community Colleges: A Study of the STEM[superscript 2] Program

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Torri Draganov; JoHyun Kim; Seung Won Yoon – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2025

With the need to increase Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates, higher education institutions need to identify and improve ways to increase underrepresented STEM student retention rates. Cypress College in Southern California implemented a program called STEM[superscript 2] (Strengthen Transfer Education and…

Descriptors: School Holding Power, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education, Community Colleges