CU-STEP: Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience through Research and Curriculum Development

CU-STEP计划致力于加强STEM通往社区学院和四年制学院和大学的途径，方法是联系和加强现有的成功计划，包括(1)大学预科招生、准备和克莱姆森大学入学，(2)本科生留校和毕业。这一努力得到了两个参与的克莱姆森学院和三个参与的克莱姆森中心和研究所之间及其内部的强有力的合作、合作和发展活动的支持。参与者是克莱姆森大学农业、林业和生命科学学院和工程与科学学院(CE&P；S)，南卡罗来纳州DNA学习中心，数学和科学教育卓越中心，建模和模拟应用研究所，以及本科生研究室。他们正在共同制定、指导、实施和评估一项全面的战略，以增加寻求和完成STEM学科学士学位的本科生的数量和多样性。智力上的功绩。CU-STEP计划是一种涉及多个STEM学科的综合方法。这一方法旨在向当前和未来的STEM学生展示STEM职业机会的多样性。它还反映了现代STEM研究日益增长的跨学科性质。目前正在制定多种策略，以激发学生对科学、技术、工程和数学的热情。CU-STEP计划的组成部分正在设计中，以促进学生发展必要的技能，以沿着他们选择的STEM道路前进。更广泛的影响。对于增加克莱姆森大学入学学生的数量和多样性至关重要的是，发展具有吸引力和创新性的外展计划，这些计划加强了中学生的准备，并提高了他们对进入克莱姆森大学的兴趣。CU-STEP参与了一系列活动，以更好地为入学学生做准备，并增加完成STEM学科学士学位的学生人数。这些活动包括为高中生提供丰富课程，为STEM新生提供积极的指导，本科生研究和服务学习，以及修改课程。这些经历有助于提高学生对STEM的兴趣，并建立一条从高中到大学的管道。在南卡罗来纳州，生物技术和其他STEM密集型行业是增长最快的行业之一。CU-STEP活动向高中阶段的SC学生介绍这些职业机会，并支持克莱姆森学生完成大学学习，从而促进STEM学士学位毕业生的成功完成。通过这些方式，我们的项目致力于为快速发展的以科学和技术为基础的行业培养一支有技术能力的劳动力队伍。

The CU-STEP program is engaged in strengthening STEM pathways to community colleges and 4-year colleges and universities by linking and enhancing existing successful programs for (1) pre-college recruiting, preparation, and matriculation to Clemson University, and (2) undergraduate retention and graduation. This effort is supported by strong collaboration, cooperation and development activities among and within two participating Clemson colleges and three participating Clemson Centers and Institutes. The participants are Clemson University's College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences (CAFLS) and the College of Engineering and Science (CE&S), the South Carolina DNA Learning Center (SCDNALC), the Center of Excellence in Mathematics and Science Education (CEMSE), the Institute of Modeling and Simulation Applications (IMSA), and the Office of Undergraduate Studies. Collectively they are developing, directing, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive strategy for increasing the number and diversity of undergraduate students seeking and completing baccalaureate degrees in STEM disciplines. Intellectual Merit. The CU-STEP program is a comprehensive approach involving multiple STEM disciplines. This approach serves to demonstrate to current and prospective STEM students the diverse array of STEM career opportunities. It also reflects the growing interdisciplinary nature of modern STEM research. Multiple strategies are being developed to generate student enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Components of the CU-STEP program are being designed to facilitate student development of skills necessary to advance along their chosen STEM pathway. Broader Impact. Vital to increasing the number and diversity of students matriculating to Clemson is development of engaging and innovative outreach programs that are enhancing the preparation of secondary students and increasing their interest in attending the University. CU-STEP is engaged in a number of activities to better prepare entering students and increase the number of students completing baccalaureate degrees in STEM disciplines. These activities include enrichment programs for high school students, proactive mentoring for STEM freshmen, undergraduate research and service learning, and curriculum modifications. These experiences are serving to increase student interest in STEM and to build a pipeline from high school through college. In South Carolina, biotechnology and other STEM-intensive industries are among the most rapidly growing sectors. The CU-STEP activities are introducing these career opportunities to SC students during their high school years and supporting Clemson students throughout their college studies, thus facilitating successful completion of STEM baccalaureates. In these ways our project is engaged in the development of a technically competent workforce for rapidly growing science and technology-based industries.