Increasing the Number and Diversity of Students Graduating in STEM Fields

增加 STEM 领域毕业生的数量和多样性

• 批准号: 0525556
• 负责人: Kimberly Douglas
• 金额: $ 166.29万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 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 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0525556&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Number; Diversity; Students; Graduating

This project focuses on increasing the retention of engineering students, particularly women and minority students, through a set of initiatives that are helping mid-range students survive and thrive in STEM fields. These initiatives include: (1) Scholars Assisting Scholars which employs exceptional students from underrepresented populations to staff a tutoring program that serves all students, (2) Campus Internships which allows first-year students to investigate engineering early to help maintain their interest as they take foundation courses that can be discouraging, (3) Job Shadowing which provides an opportunity to follow a practicing engineer or scientist as they engage in their regular activities, (4)Hands-On Engineering which offers the opportunity to gain laboratory exposure with a variety of engineering and science instruments before actually taking the course that utilizes them, (5) Turbo Math which is an intensive summer program to allow students to "catch-up" in math, and (6) K-State Family Connections which creates communication linkages with family and friends of students to support their success in engineering and science. Through these activities and the resulting system to support retention, the investigators intend to obtain a 10% Increase in the total number of BS graduates in STEM fields, a 25% increase in the number of women earning BS degrees in STEM fields, and a 50% increase in the number of students of color earning BS STEM degrees. The program is being evaluated through participant interviews and surveys to improve the program as it evolves, and a summative evaluation is planned near the end of the project to determine the overall success. Dissemination efforts include journal publications and meeting presentations.

这个项目的重点是通过一系列帮助中档学生在STEM领域生存和发展的举措，提高工科学生的保留率，尤其是女性和少数族裔学生。这些倡议包括：(1)学者援助（Scholars assist）：从代表性不足的群体中聘请优秀的学生，为所有学生提供辅导计划；(2)校园实习（Campus Internships）：让一年级学生在学习可能令人沮丧的基础课程时，尽早调查工程，以帮助保持兴趣；(3)工作见习（Job Shadowing）：提供机会，跟随执业工程师或科学家从事日常活动；(4)动手工程，提供了在实际使用它们之前获得各种工程和科学仪器的实验室接触的机会，(5)涡轮数学，这是一个强化的夏季课程，允许学生“赶上”数学，(6)K-State家庭联系，与学生的家人和朋友建立沟通联系，以支持他们在工程和科学方面的成功。通过这些活动和由此产生的支持保留的系统，调查人员打算使STEM领域的学士学位毕业生总数增加10%，在STEM领域获得学士学位的女性人数增加25%，获得STEM学士学位的有色人种学生人数增加50%。通过参与者访谈和调查对项目进行评估，以改进项目的发展，并计划在项目结束时进行总结性评估，以确定总体成功。传播工作包括期刊出版物和会议报告。