HBCU: TALENT-21: Gateway for Advancing Science and Mathematics Talent

这个名为“Talent -21：促进科学和数学人才之门”的项目旨在增加科学、数学、工程和技术专业学生的数量，提高SMET毕业生的职业竞争力，并鼓励更多毕业生攻读科学或工程专业的博士学位。实现这些目标的途径是：(1)对微积分、化学和物理的课程改革；(2)拓宽跨学科项目；(3)教师在成功的学生学习模式和在教学中有效使用技术方面的发展；(4)结构化本科生科研训练；(5)本科期间在高校、企业、国家实验室从事科研工作；(6)奖学金;(7)暑期学院，帮助学生从高中过渡到大学，为在一、二年级的课程中取得成功打下学术基础；(8)竞争性招聘。TALENT-21的突出特点包括物理、化学和数学教师之间的统一方法，以提高SMET“看门人”课程的学习，并通过结构化的培训经验让学生尽早参与研究。

North Carolina A&T State UniversityThis project, TALENT-21: Gateway for Advancing Science and Mathematics Talent, is a framework to increase the number of students in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, enhance the career competitiveness of SMET graduates, and encourage more graduates to pursue the Ph.D. in science or engineering. These goals are accomplished by (1) curricular reform in calculus, chemistry, and physics; (2) broadening interdisciplinary programs; (3) faculty development in successful models of student learning and in effective use of technology in teaching; (4) structured undergraduate research training; (5) undergraduate research experiences with universities, industry, national laboratories; (6) scholarships; (7) summer institutes to help students transition from high school to college and to build academic foundations for success in first and second-year courses; and (8) competitive recruitment. Outstanding qualities of TALENT-21 include a unified approach among faculty in physics, chemistry, and mathematics to improve learning in the SMET "gate keeper" courses, and early involvement of students in research through structured training experiences.