Project Pathways: Broadening Access and Success for STEM Students

项目途径：拓宽 STEM 学生的入学机会并取得成功

• 批准号: 0525536
• 负责人: Carl Knight
• 金额: $ 180.74万
• 依托单位: Dallas County Community College Dist Eastfield Col
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-10-01 至 2011-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0525536&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Project; Pathways; Broadening; Access; Success

Project Pathways is a collaboration among a two-year college, several local independent school districts, the Big Thicket National Preserve and the Conservation Fund, along with special assistance from the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, the University of North Texas, Harvard University, and Texas Instruments. The goal is to improve undergraduate student recruitment and retention in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs with an emphasis on students from under-represented groups, including women, minorities and students with disabilities. It responds to national concerns about the need to increase the number of undergraduate students obtaining degrees in STEM areas, as well as the local college-level concern about high attrition in entry-level science courses.Intellectual merit: To accomplish its objectives, Project Pathways is increasing the number of students pursuing STEM degrees by providing: 1) educational outreach at the pre-college level, 2) interdisciplinary, inquiry based curricula enhancements through professional development workshops and retreats for high school teachers and community college and university faculty/administrators, 3) specialized recruitment of underrepresented students across STEM disciplines, and 4) early undergraduate research experience. The extensive partnering and collaboration on this project permits Pathways' students to have access to an unusual set of resources, in particular, the College's scanning electron microscope, a research instrument rarely located in a community college, and community-based research in places such as The Big Thicket National Preserve. Broader impact: The project serves as a model for other academic institutions trying to address similar concerns. Over five years, the project's specific objectives are to: 1) increase the number of students with a declared STEM field by 25%; 2) Increase the retention rate of STEM students by 20%; 3) increase the number of students who graduate with a STEM degree and/or transfer to a four-year institutions as STEM majors by 15%; and 4) increase the number of underrepresented groups majoring in STEM by 15%.

“路径项目”是一所两年制大学、几个当地独立学区、大灌木丛国家保护区和保护基金的合作项目，同时还得到了德克萨斯大学西南医学中心、北德克萨斯大学、哈佛大学和德州仪器公司的特别援助。目标是提高科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）专业本科生的招生和留用率，重点是来自代表性不足群体的学生，包括女性、少数民族和残疾学生。它回应了全国对需要增加在STEM领域获得学位的本科生数量的关注，以及当地大学对入门级科学课程高流动率的关注。智力优势：为了实现其目标，项目路径通过提供以下内容来增加攻读STEM学位的学生人数：1)大学预科阶段的教育推广；2)通过为高中教师、社区学院和大学教师/管理人员举办的专业发展研讨会和务静会，加强跨学科、基于探究的课程；3)专门招募STEM学科中代表性不足的学生；4)早期本科生研究经验。在这个项目上广泛的伙伴关系和合作使Pathways的学生有机会获得一套不寻常的资源，特别是学院的扫描电子显微镜，这是一种很少出现在社区学院的研究仪器，以及在大灌木丛国家保护区等地进行社区研究。更广泛的影响：该项目为其他试图解决类似问题的学术机构提供了一个模型。在未来五年内，该项目的具体目标是：1)将申报STEM领域的学生人数增加25%；2)将STEM学生的保留率提高20%；3)将获得STEM学位的毕业生和/或转学到四年制大学主修STEM专业的学生人数增加15%；4)将STEM专业中代表性不足的群体数量增加15%。