Science and Technology Enhancement Program (STEP)

德克萨斯南方大学科学技术提升计划（STEP）将实施各种战略，以增加化学、数学、物理领域的非裔美国人和女性毕业生的数量。这些活动将包括：1)招收和保留学生；2)教师在教学和学术成就方面的发展；3)通过使用信息技术进行课程改革和丰富。TSU STEP招聘工作的目标是提高毕业率。这些努力将集中在积极招收优秀学生，通过在看门人课程中设置补充课程来解决和消除学术障碍，并创造一种以学生为中心的优秀文化和高期望。教师的发展将确保适当的技术整合。该项目将培训教师使用Blackboard，确保技术和在线教学的充分整合，并增加从事研究机会和监督本科生研究的STEM教师的数量。托大将在这方面与其他机构合作。课程改革将包括将基于网络的技术和计算方法作为STEM专业课程的一个组成部分。该项目将涉及来自生物学、化学、计算机科学、工程技术、数学和物理学的教师。

Texas Southern University Science and Technology Enhancement Program (STEP) will implement various strategies in order to increase the number of African Americans and female graduates in chemistry, mathematics and physics. The activities will include 1)student recruitment and retention, 2) faculty development in teaching and scholarly achievement and 3) curricular reform and enrichment through the use of information technology.The TSU STEP recruitment efforts has as its goal an increase in the graduation rate. The efforts will focus on aggressively recruiting high achieving students, addressing and removing academic barriers through supplemental curriculum programming in gatekeeper courses and creating a student-centered culture of excellence and high expectations.Faculty development will ensure appropriate integration of technology. The project will treain faculty in the use of Blackboard, ensure full integration of technology and on-line instruction and increase the number of STEM faculty members who engage in research opportunities and in the supervision of undergraduate research. TSU will partner with other institutions in this effort.Curriculum reform will include the incorporation of web-based technology and computational methods as n integral part of the curricula for STEM majors. The project will involve faculty from Biology, Chemistry, Computer Scinece, Engineering Technologies, Mathematics and Physics.