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

轨道1：从校园到海岸：增加海洋科学的多样性本项目的目标是：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）提高学生在大学前两年的成功率，以确保他们的健康-准备现有的教育和研究经验，可在他们的本科教育的后半部分。目前，在对海洋和其他地球科学感兴趣的学生中，代表性不足的少数民族（URM）所占比例极小。高年级的URM数量少，部分原因是新生的保留率低。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，我们直接在大学教育过程的早期阶段解决这些问题。为了实现这些目标，我们专注于：1）招聘; 2）大一前的经验[海洋科学或访问SML]; 3）大二前的经验[SML暑期课程];和4）由同行，近同行和教师的指导和网络。该提案的机构合作伙伴是肖尔斯海洋实验室、康奈尔大学和新罕布什尔州大学。该计划每年夏天为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，通过教育UNH和康奈尔大学的招生人员了解海洋科学，提醒高中生注意海洋科学的机会，在校园举办周末与URM学生和家庭会面，并为康奈尔大学和UNH招生人员提供有关我们计划的信息。我们在SML提供两种第一个夏季课程。首先，有一个为期三周的强化方案，供十名学生参加，称为“海洋科学”，该方案：（a）以探究为基础，在海洋科学的范围内教授批判性思维和协作学习;（B）通过与海洋环境和生物体的直接互动激发和激励学生;（c）进行认真评估，注重提高个人学习技能;及（d）以小班形式授课，并与教师及同侪导师进行广泛互动。第二，对于那些学生不能采取我们的海洋科学课程，我们提供了一个简短的为期四天的计划，为十名学生称为参观SML，介绍了海洋科学的机会和冒险。六至十八名学生[每年夏季共72个学分]参加SML课程的海洋科学领域的特殊兴趣，以个别学生作为第二个暑期课程的一部分。第二个暑期课程的资金完全通过康奈尔大学，UNH和SML的来源提供。

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.