Queensborough Community College has successfully engaged community college students in high-caliber undergraduate research for a long time.  Our experience, institutional commitment, faculty and modern laboratories have positioned us for unprecedented success.  With the help of US Department of Education Queensborough MSEIP (Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program) grant, our main goal is to use Undergraduate Research as a tool to engage, retain and graduate Queensborough students.  We intend to substantially expand the depth and breadth of research opportunities for students, particularly underrepresented females.  Students will be engaged in a multi-tiered research programs, allowing them to begin research projects early in their academic careers and supporting them for increasingly rigorous research that culminates in placements at partner four-year colleges.<br/> <br/>The program uses multiple prong approach 1) Providing intensive summer immersion experiences for at risk high school students 2) Expanding undergraduate research experience for QCC freshman by easing them in STEM field through seminars and workshops then pairing them with research mentors for long term research projects and 3) Launch comprehensive faculty development program to train new faculty mentors. This multi-tiered model will be discussed in detail.

Using research as a tool to engage, retain and graduate STEM students at Queensborough Community College

249th National Meeting (2015)

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