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

CU-STEP计划致力于加强STEM途径社区学院和4年制学院和大学，通过链接和增强现有的成功计划（1）大学预科招生，准备和入学到克莱姆森大学，和（2）本科保留和毕业。这一努力得到了两个参与克莱姆森学院和三个参与克莱姆森中心和研究所之间和内部强有力的协作、合作和发展活动的支持。参与者是克莱姆森大学的农业，林业和生命科学学院（CAFLS）和工程与科学学院（CE S），南卡罗来纳州DNA学习中心（SCDNALC），卓越的数学和科学教育中心（CEMSE），建模和仿真应用研究所（IMSA），以及本科生学习办公室。 他们共同制定，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。智力优势。CU-STEP计划是涉及多个STEM学科的综合方法。这种方法有助于向当前和未来的STEM学生展示STEM职业机会的多样化。它也反映了现代STEM研究日益增长的跨学科性质。 正在制定多种战略，以激发学生对科学、技术、工程和数学的热情。 CU-STEP计划的组成部分旨在促进学生发展必要的技能，以便沿着他们选择的STEM途径前进。更广泛的影响。至关重要的是增加学生录取到克莱姆森的数量和多样性是从事和创新的推广计划，提高中学生的准备和增加他们在参加大学的兴趣的发展。 CU-STEP参与了一些活动，以更好地为入学学生做好准备，并增加完成STEM学科学士学位的学生人数。这些活动包括高中学生的充实计划，STEM新生的积极指导，本科研究和服务学习以及课程修改。这些经验有助于提高学生对STEM的兴趣，并建立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活动正在向高中学生介绍这些职业机会，并在整个大学学习期间支持克莱姆森学生，从而促进STEM学士学位的顺利完成。 通过这些方式，我们的项目致力于为快速发展的科学和技术为基础的行业发展一支技术上称职的劳动力队伍。

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.