Bates Summer Scholars Program Inaugurated 2007 With generous support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and private donors Inaugurated 2007 With generous support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and private donors CHAS June 18, 2010

Recruiting and Retention Goals: A more diverse Bates student body A more diverse Bates student body Recruit students with an interest in science and math Recruit students with an interest in science and math Persist and succeed in science and math Persist and succeed in science and math A more diverse Bates student body A more diverse Bates student body Recruit students with an interest in science and math Recruit students with an interest in science and math Persist and succeed in science and math Persist and succeed in science and math

Great Ideas in Mathematics

Forensic Science

Success in Recruiting to Bates 32 students (only 1 has transferred to another school) 6 Hispanic, 10 Asian Americans, 10 African Americans, 1 Non Resident Alien, 2 American Indian and 3 white students 17 are first generation to college 6 of 8 Maine students from under-resourced schools 2 attended parochial school, private: 7 and public: women; 16 men 32 students (only 1 has transferred to another school) 6 Hispanic, 10 Asian Americans, 10 African Americans, 1 Non Resident Alien, 2 American Indian and 3 white students 17 are first generation to college 6 of 8 Maine students from under-resourced schools 2 attended parochial school, private: 7 and public: women; 16 men

Assessment Interviews Interviews Regular check-ins Regular check-ins Declared majors survey Declared majors survey Transcript analysis Transcript analysis Comparison group Comparison group Going forward: Logic model Going forward: Logic model Interviews Interviews Regular check-ins Regular check-ins Declared majors survey Declared majors survey Transcript analysis Transcript analysis Comparison group Comparison group Going forward: Logic model Going forward: Logic model

Logic model Inputs Strategies Outputs Outcomes Impact

Results grades in 1 st course math

Results grades in 2 nd course math

Results Segments within the cohorts Segments within the cohorts

Results Majors in Math and the Sciences 2007 & 2008 All ScholarsComparison All ScholarsComparison Majors 28% 33% 23% Majors 28% 33% 23% Majors in Math and the Sciences 2007 & 2008 All ScholarsComparison All ScholarsComparison Majors 28% 33% 23% Majors 28% 33% 23%

Lessons/next? First year advising: what’s said, what’s heard? First year advising: what’s said, what’s heard? Focus on the math curriculum Focus on the math curriculum “I wish I hadn’t taken so many science classes” “I wish I hadn’t taken so many science classes” What should the first year look like? What should the first year look like? First year advising: what’s said, what’s heard? First year advising: what’s said, what’s heard? Focus on the math curriculum Focus on the math curriculum “I wish I hadn’t taken so many science classes” “I wish I hadn’t taken so many science classes” What should the first year look like? What should the first year look like?