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

专题一：从校园到海岸：增加海洋科学的多样性该项目的目标是：1)与高中生分享海洋科学的兴奋和可能性，从而增加进入相关专业大学的人数；2)增加学生在大学前两年的成功，以确保他们在本科教育的后半段为现有的教育和研究经验做好充分准备。目前，在对海洋和其他地球科学感兴趣的学生中，代表性不足的少数族裔（urm）所占比例极小。高等院校urm人数少的部分原因是新生保留率低。重要的影响因素是在入门课程中缺乏成功和对可能的职业缺乏认识。因此，在我们的校园到海岸项目中，我们直接解决了这些问题，并在大学教育过程的早期阶段。为了实现这些目标，我们的重点是：1)招聘；2)一年级前的经验[海洋科学或访问SML]；3)大二前的经历[SML暑期课程]；4)同辈、近同辈和教师的指导和网络。该提案的机构合作伙伴是浅滩海洋实验室、康奈尔大学和新罕布什尔大学。该项目每年夏季招收26-38名学生。该团队与招生和多元文化办公室密切合作，通过向新罕布什尔大学和康奈尔大学的招生人员传授海洋科学知识，在周末与新罕布什尔大学的学生和家庭见面，并向新罕布什尔大学和新罕布什尔大学的招生人员提供有关我们项目的信息，提醒高中生了解海洋科学的机会。我们在SML提供两种第一个夏季项目。首先，有一个为期三周的强化课程，10名学生参加，名为海洋科学，该课程：(a)以探究为基础，教授海洋科学背景下的批判性思维和协作学习；(b)通过与海洋环境和生物的直接互动，激发学生的兴趣和动力；(c)包括仔细评估和注重提高个人学习技能；(d)以小班授课，与教师和同行导师进行广泛的互动。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Visit SML，介绍了海洋科学的机会和冒险。6至18名学生（每年夏季共72学时）参加SML课程，这些课程是学生个人特别感兴趣的海洋科学领域的课程，作为第二个夏季项目的一部分。第二个暑期项目的资金完全由康奈尔大学、UNH和SML提供。

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.