Model Institutions for Excellence-Phase III

在卓越示范机构（MIE）计划的第三阶段，泽维尔大学将努力完成基础设施建设和机构模式关键组成部分的制度化过程，为本科科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学生准备研究生和专业学校的追求。在整个MIE项目的过程中，该大学采用了一些指标，这些指标在项目战略的制定中起到指导作用，并确保实现成为研究生院卓越模范机构的总体目标。这些指标包括：a)在毕业前（六年内）实现75%的STEM学生保留率；b)实现并保持泽维尔大学STEM毕业生的50%的STEM学生研究生入学率。在MIE的最后阶段（第三阶段），该大学将追求的主要目标将包括以下项目。将NSF对STEM研究员的财政援助转移到其他非NSF大学援助资源。将泽维尔大学本科研究中心（XUCUR）转变为一个制度化的、大学支持的、集中的结构，以管理所有学生（STEM和其他），为研究生/专业学校做准备。XUCUR是在美国国家科学基金会的支持下发起的（重点是STEM学生）。开发电子工程学位课程，作为先前建立的计算机工程学位的补充。完成多媒体教室和会议中心的发展，以支持大学在教学过程中使用技术的持续扩展。最终形成一个大学结构，以优化研究人员的数量和可用性，作为STEM本科研究人员的导师。在完成这些目标后，大学期望成功完成其模式的所有主要要素，以实现校友研究生院的卓越安置。

In Phase 3 of the Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) program, Xavier University will endeavor to complete the process of infrastructure development and institutionalization of key components of an institutional Model for preparing undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students for graduate and professional school pursuits.Throughout the course of the MIE program, the University has employed metrics that have served as a guide in the development of program strategies and ensuring attainment of the overall goal of becoming a Model Institution for Excellence in graduate school placement. Those metrics have included and remain a) achieving a STEM student retention rate of 75% through graduation (within a six-year period), and b) achieving and sustaining a STEM student graduate school enrollment rate of 50% of Xavier STEM graduates.During this final stage (Phase 3) of MIE the key objectives that will be pursued by the University will include the following items. Transitioning of NSF financial assistance for STEM Fellows to other non-NSF University assistance resources. Transforming the Xavier University Center for Undergraduate Research (XUCUR), which was initiated with NSF support (with a focus on STEM students), into an institutionalized, University-supported, centralized structure that will administer to all students (STEM and otherwise) in their preparation for graduate/professional school. Development of a degree program in Electrical Engineering as a complement to the previously-established Computer Engineering degree. Completing the development of multi-media classrooms and conferencing centers in support of the continued University expansion in the use of technology in the instructional process. Finalizing the formation of a University structure that will optimize the number and availability of research faculty to serve as mentors for STEM undergraduate researchers.Upon accomplishment of these objectives, the University expects to realize successful completion of all major elements of its Model for achieving excellence in the graduate school placement of its alumni.