From the Campus to the Coast: Increasing Diversity in Marine Sciences (Track 1)

途径1：从校园到海岸：增加海洋科学的多样性这个项目的目标是：1)与高中生分享海洋科学的兴奋和可能性，从而增加相关专业进入大学的人数；2)增加学生在大学头两年的成功，以确保他们为本科教育的后半部分现有的教育和研究经验做好充分准备。目前，对海洋和其他地球科学感兴趣的学生中，代表不足的少数族裔(URM)所占比例极小。较高级别的城市管理机构数量较少，部分原因是新生留校率较低。重要的促成因素是入门课程不成功和对可能的职业缺乏认识。因此，在我们的校园到海岸计划中，我们在大学教育过程的早期阶段直接解决这些问题。为了实现这些目标，我们着重于：1)招聘；2)一年级前的经历[海洋科学或造访SML]；3)二年级前的经历[SML暑期课程]；4)同行、近同行和教职员工的指导和网络。该提案的机构合作伙伴是浅滩海洋实验室、康奈尔大学和新汉普郡大学。该项目每年暑期为26-38名URM学生提供服务。该团队与招生和多元文化办公室密切合作，通过对北卡罗来纳大学和康奈尔大学的招生人员进行海洋科学方面的教育，提醒高中生注意海洋科学方面的机会，在主办周末的校园里会见URM学生和家庭，并向康奈尔大学和北大招生工作人员提供关于我们项目的信息。我们在SML提供两种类型的第一个暑期课程。首先，有一个名为海洋科学的为期三周的密集课程，面向十名学生：(A)以探究为基础，在海洋科学的背景下教授批判性思维和合作学习；(B)通过与海洋环境和生物的直接互动来激发和激励学生；(C)涉及仔细评估和注重提高个人学习技能；以及(D)在小班环境中授课，与教员和近同行教师进行广泛互动。其次，对于那些不能参加我们海洋科学课程的学生，我们为10名学生提供了一个为期四天的短期项目，名为VISE SML，介绍海洋科学的机会和冒险。作为第二个暑期计划的一部分，6至18名学生[每个暑期总共72学分]在个别学生特别感兴趣的海洋科学领域选修SML课程。第二个暑期项目的资金完全来自康奈尔大学、北卡罗来纳大学和斯坦福大学的资金来源。

Track 1: From the Campus to the Coast: Increasing Diversity in Marine Sciences The goals of this project are to: 1) share the excitement and possibilities in marine sciences with high school students, and thereby increase the numbers who enter college in relevant majors; and 2) increase students' success in their first two years of college to ensure they are well-prepared for existing educational and research experiences available during the last half of their undergraduate education. Underrepresented minorities (URMs) currently form an extremely small percentage of students interested in ocean and other geosciences. The low numbers of URMs at upper-division levels are due in part to low retention of freshmen. Important contributing factors are the lack of success in introductory courses and lack of awareness of possible careers. Thus, in our Campus to the Coast program we address these problems directly and at an early stage in the college educational process. To meet these goals we focus on: 1) recruitment; 2) a pre-freshman experience [Ocean Sciences or Visit SML]; 3) a pre-sophomore experience [SML summer courses]; and 4) mentoring and networking by peers, near-peers, and faculty. The institutional partners in this proposal are the Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell University, and the University of New Hampshire. The program serves 26-38 URM students per summer. The team closely collaborates with admissions and multicultural offices to alert high school students to opportunities in marine sciences by educating admissions staff about ocean sciences at UNH and Cornell, meet with URM students and families on campus hosting weekends, and provide Cornell and UNH admissions staff with information about our program. We offer two kinds of first-summer programs at SML. First there is an intensive three week program for ten students called Ocean Sciences that: (a) is inquiry-based and teaches critical thinking and collaborative learning within the context of ocean sciences; (b) excites and motivates students through direct interaction with marine environments and organisms; (c) involves careful assessment and a focus on improving individual learning skills; and (d) is taught in a small class setting, with extensive interaction with faculty and near-peer instructors. Second, for those students not able to take our Ocean Sciences course, we offer a short four-day program for ten students called Visit SML that introduces the opportunities and adventure of marine science. Six to eighteen students [for a total of 72 credit-hours per summer] take SML courses in areas of marine science of special interest to the individual student as part of the second summer program. Funding for the Second Summer Program is provided entirely through sources at Cornell, UNH and SML.