RUME 27
2025
Alexandria, Virginia
A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Supporting Mathematically Underprepared First-Year STEM Students
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Higher education institutions have become increasingly aware of the challenges facing first-year students entering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, many of whom have inadequate mathematical preparation. Beyond these academic difficulties, students in STEM are highly vulnerable to mental health issues and are less likely to seek counseling services compared to their peers in non-STEM fields (Kalkbrenner et al., 2022). Recognizing these issues, Blinded State University developed an innovative approach to supporting first-year STEM majors through a collaboration between the Mathematics and Counseling departments. This poster shares the design of the Approaches to College Mathematics course, a research-based prerequisite course for Precalculus with integrated counseling support for struggling students.