2. 2
Program Overview
Year 2 Evaluation Report
Institutional Highlights
SpringfieldTechnical Community College
Mt.Wachusett Community College
Middlesex Community College
Agenda
STEM Starter Academy
3. 3
Recruit more students, especially diverse students,
into STEM community college programs
Graduate more students with STEM certificates
and degrees ready to enter the workforce or transfer
to a four-year STEM program
STEM Starter Academy
Goals
4. 4
Legislative initiative
Championed by House Speaker DeLeo
Full scale, statewide implementation
One model
15 colleges
10,000 students and growing
Total investment to date =
$7,125,000 (through year 2 of 3)
STEM Starter Academy
Massachusetts Innovation
6. 6
Growing the student pipeline
10,000+ students served in total
6,600 students (year 2)
Diversifying the STEM student body
SSA demographics do not reflect the typical
overrepresentation of certain subgroups in STEM,
but rather reflect the diversity of the overall
CC population:
▪ 12%African American, 14% Latino, 51% female
STEM Starter Academy
Impacts to Date –Year 2 Indicators
7. 7
Progress in retaining and graduating students
Full-time enrollment 13 percentage points higher
among SSA students
75% of SSA students completing DevMath enrolled
in college-level math
▪ Among all CC students – 20% completing DevMath
complete college-level math within two years
70% SSA certificates and degrees awarded in
STEM fields
▪ Statewide – only 45% sub-baccalaureate awarded
in STEM
STEM Starter Academy
Impacts to Date –Year 2 Indicators
8. 8
Peer mentoring and
support services
SSA Program
Coordinators
Inter/intra-campus
collaboration
Data and formative /
summative evaluation
STEM Starter Academy
Lessons Learned –WhatWorks