Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

科学、数学和工程指导卓越总统奖

• 批准号: 9612409
• 负责人: George Campbell
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-10-01 至 1998-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9612409&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Presidential; Awards; Excellence; Science; Mathematics

9612409 Campbell For 22 years, NACME has led a national effort to increase the number of African American, Latino, and American Indian engineers. With mentoring as the cornerstone of its students development programs, NACME has: I. Produced more than 6,000 underrepresented minority students who have completed engineering degrees through NACME scholarship programs, which include a strong mentoring component, academic support, professional development, undergraduate research or internships, and need-based financial aid; II. Demonstrated student success in various special programs -- 84% retention rate (out of 120 students) compared to the national average of 35% for minorities; an average GPA of 3.4 for these students, with almost half of the graduates pursuing advanced degrees full-time; III. Provides rigorous training for mentors, i.e. an engineer, a professor, or NACME staff; IV. Provides an effective structure in its projects for precollege, bridge and undergraduate support and solicits involvement from professionals, faculty, and professional societies; V. Disseminated program characteristics through publications and through projects designed for special groups; and VI. Developed a program that is replicable and likely to continue to influence the success of underrepresented groups for sometime to come.

小行星9612409 22年来，NACME一直致力于增加非裔美国人，拉丁美洲人和美国印第安人工程师的数量。 随着指导作为其学生发展计划的基石，NACME有： I. 培养了6,000多名代表性不足的少数民族学生 通过NACME完成工程学位的学生 奖学金计划，其中包括一个强大的指导 组成部分，学术支持，专业发展， 本科生研究或实习，以及基于需求的 财政援助; 二. 在各种特殊项目中表现出学生的成功-- 84%的留存率（120名学生）， 少数民族平均35%;平均GPA 3.4 对于这些学生来说，几乎一半的毕业生都在追求 全日制高级学位; 三.为导师（即工程师、 教授或NACME工作人员; 四. 在其项目中提供有效的结构， 学前教育、桥梁和本科生支持和请求 专业人员、教师和专业人员的参与 社会; 诉 通过出版物传播方案特点， 通过为特殊群体设计的项目; 六. 开发了一个可复制并可能继续的程序 影响代表性不足群体的成功， 将来的某个时候