University/Organization
¹Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, Maryland
¹Department of Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, Maryland
²Department of Biological Sciences
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Title
STEM Majors Fail to Take Advantage of On-campus Resources When at Risk of Not Passing Introductory Courses in Their Major
Synopsis
At Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), an open-access four-year state college, 30-40% of students enrolled in the introductory courses for the Biology and Chemistry majors did not complete that course. This project aimed to better understand why students withdraw from the gateway, introductory STEM courses required for their major. We plan to summarize our analysis of responses from 170 STEM majors in 2019-2021.