Advancing STEM through Innovation in Recruitment and Retention

该项目通过利用和扩展该机构行之有效的招聘和保留策略，增加了STEM毕业生的数量。在整个项目过程中，4000多名高中生将通过高中设计竞赛、现场和非现场参观、教师指导、技术日、工程日、暑期工程营以及一对一的跟进，接触到STEM职业。一旦被录取，工程专业的学生就会进入一个为他们提供有利于成功的环境的项目。每个学生都有一个私人“学术教练”，每周与他或她会面，保持每周对话，并积极跟踪进度。学生很早就经常接触到设计。学生活动包括每周与他们的同伴进行社交活动，以及每年访问多达7所地区大学。该项目将在资助期内培养约500名新的STEM学士学位毕业生。

This project increases the number of STEM graduates by utilizing and expanding the institution's proven recruiting and retention strategies. Over the course of the project 4000+ high school students will be exposed to STEM careers through high school design competitions, on and off-site visits, faculty mentoring, Technology Days, Engineering Days, summer engineering camps, and through one-on-one follow-up. Once recruited, engineering students enter a program that provides them with an environment conducive to success. Each student has a personal "academic coach" who meets with him or her weekly, maintains a weekly dialogue, and actively tracks progress. Students are exposed to design early and often. Student activities include weekly social events with their cohort and visits at up to 7 regional universities per year. The project will produce approximately 500 new baccalaureate STEM graduates over the course of the grant period.