Metropolitan Mentors Network (MMNet): Growing an Urban STEM Talent Pool across New York City

大都会导师网络 (MMNet)：在纽约市发展城市 STEM 人才库

• 批准号: 0622493
• 负责人: Janet Liou-Mark
• 金额: $ 99.07万
• 依托单位: CUNY New York City College of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0622493&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Metropolitan; Mentors; Network; MMNet; Growing

The central rationale of this project is to leverage the close proximity of multiple colleges and industry partners in the urban setting to cultivate a network of mentors and opportunities centered on City Tech, with the goal of increasing by 66 per year the number of students receiving associate and bachelor's degrees within science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The college's location, both geographically and within the City University of New York, enables CUNY graduate students who are only a subway ride away to become role models for STEM undergraduates at City Tech. In the same way, City Tech students can reach the vast resources of the University and the City. Through coordination with existing efforts, MetroNet is establishing well marked pathways from high school through the associate and bachelor's degrees to employment or graduate education, and is providing a safety net of academic, social, and economic supports. Project activities, designed to support the development of a professional identity, promote membership in a professional community, and counter obstacles to success, extend throughout the students' enrollment in the college, from a pre-freshman summer experience to the awarding of the degree: 1. Design of two credit-bearing courses, one in the sciences and math, the other in engineering technologies, offered in a pre-freshman summer experience, to provide academic preparation through a combination of theory and hands-on experience. Featuring development of laboratory techniques, communication, teamwork, and creative thinking skills, these courses offer career information, including trips to local industries and government labs. One goal is to create a better fit between the students and their declared majors, minimizing noncontributory credits from changing majors and high dropout rates due to disenchantment. 2. Academic year block programming of the summer cohort in required general education courses such as English Composition linked to a seminar series and mentoring of undergraduates by teaching assistants in STEM. These teaching assistants in turn receive mentoring by experienced faculty at City Tech on classroom management, development of learning outcomes, and learning assessment. 3. Promotion of student involvement on campus and academic focus through research and career oriented activities. An annual poster session featuring student research increases the visibility of STEM activities on campus. Summer internships at science museums, along with research and employment opportunities are available to the students. 4. Capstone Senior Design courses in Telecommunications and Computer Engineering Technologies are being developed for students in engineering technology. 5. A project website is used to disseminate developed curriculum assessment results and student work. The project explores development and implementation of a new model to improve graduation rates by retooling successful retention and recruitment strategies to address the specific needs of students at an urban, commuter public college. The broader impact of MetroNet includes its focus on the transfer of learning from the sciences, mathematics and liberal arts courses to technology, computer systems and engineering applications where fundamental learned principles are applied to real-world problems. Because of the demographics of the college, the project promotes the participation of underrepresented minorities in STEM majors.

该项目的核心原理是利用城市环境中多所大学和行业合作伙伴的紧密联系，以培养以City Tech为中心的导师和机会网络，目标是每年增加66名获得科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）副学士和学士学位的学生人数。该学院的地理位置和纽约内的位置，使城市大学的研究生谁是只有一个地铁车程，成为城市理工大学的STEM本科生的榜样。以同样的方式，城市技术的学生可以接触到大学和城市的巨大资源。 通过与现有努力的协调，MetroNet正在建立从高中到副学士和学士学位到就业或研究生教育的明确途径，并提供学术，社会和经济支持的安全网。项目活动，旨在支持专业身份的发展，促进专业社区的成员资格，并克服成功的障碍，延伸到整个学生在学院的入学，从大一前的夏季体验到学位的授予：1。设计两个学分课程，一个在科学和数学，另一个在工程技术，在大一前的夏季经验提供，通过理论和实践经验的结合提供学术准备。这些课程以实验室技术，沟通，团队合作和创造性思维技能的发展为特色，提供职业信息，包括前往当地工业和政府实验室。一个目标是在学生和他们申报的专业之间创造一个更好的匹配，最大限度地减少因换专业而产生的非贡献性学分和因失望而导致的高辍学率。 2.学年块编程的夏季队列在所需的通识教育课程，如英语作文链接到一系列研讨会和辅导本科生的助教在干。这些助教反过来接受城市技术经验丰富的教师对课堂管理，学习成果的发展和学习评估的指导。 3.通过研究和职业导向的活动，促进学生参与校园和学术重点。以学生研究为特色的年度海报会议增加了STEM活动在校园内的知名度。学生们可以在科学博物馆进行暑期实习，沿着研究和就业机会。 4.目前正在为工程技术专业的学生开发电信和计算机工程技术高级设计课程。 5.一个项目网站被用来传播制定的课程评估结果和学生的工作。 该项目探讨开发和实施一种新的模式，通过重新调整成功的保留和招聘战略来提高毕业率，以满足城市通勤公立大学学生的具体需求。MetroNet的更广泛的影响包括其重点是从科学，数学和文科课程的学习转移到技术，计算机系统和工程应用，其中基本的学习原则适用于现实世界的问题。由于该学院的人口统计数据，该项目促进了代表性不足的少数民族在STEM专业的参与。