Publication Date
Fall 2024
Abstract
Parkland College is a community college in Champaign, Illinois with 30% of students Pell eligible and approximately 32% of students considered underrepresented race/ethnicity (2024).
Parkland Science Scholars (PSS) is an NSF: S-STEM Track 1 (Institutional Capacity Building) program. PSS seeks to address Parkland’s low retention and graduation/transfer rates for low-income students in the Natural Sciences using five pillars: scholarship funds, tiered mentorship, summer research opportunities, community building, and a seminar course (SCI-121).
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Recommended Citation
Drake, Sheryl; Llyod, Chelsea; and Shoaf, Curtis, "Parkland Science Scholars: improving retention, graduation, and transfer rates in low-income community college STEM students" (2024). Parkland Science Scholars. 11.
https://spark.parkland.edu/science_scholars/11
