The Presidential Scholars Project

总统学者计划

• 批准号: 0630772
• 负责人: Herbert Pennick
• 金额: $ 43.64万
• 依托单位: ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT - St. Philip's College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0630772&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Presidential; Scholars; Project

The Presidential Scholars Project is increasing the number of high achieving, but financially needy, students earning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees. Each year the program is recruiting high school and current STEM students as full-time STEM majors. These students are pursuing associate degrees in biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, mathematics, or engineering. The goal is to increase the numbers of students who enter the workforce or transfer to a university following completion of an associate degree. Project objectives include: (1) recruiting eligible scholars, (2) retaining scholars utilizing Title III-funded retention activities, and (3) ensuring scholar goal attainment of earning an associate degree and either (a) securing a career placement with support from the College Career Placement Office, or (b) pursuing a baccalaureate degree with support of the College Transfer Center.The intellectual merit of the project lies in the exposure scholars have to faculty and employers rich in STEM experience and the contact scholars have with faculty who conduct research in the areas of mathematical modeling, numerical analysis and scientific computer programming, spread of disease, ecology, and food science. The broader impact of this project is realized in the (1) advancement of students who are primarily ethnic minorities in STEM fields; (2) utilization of HBCU Title III-funded retention activities; (3) project dissemination; and (4) benefit to the community due to the increase of STEM-degreed professionals.

总统学者项目正在增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学位的优秀但经济困难的学生的数量。该项目每年招收高中生和在校STEM学生作为全日制STEM专业学生。这些学生正在攻读生物、化学、计算机科学、环境科学、数学或工程学的副学士学位。其目标是增加在完成副学士学位后进入劳动力大军或转到大学的学生人数。项目目标包括：(1)招募符合条件的学者，(2)利用第三章资助的保留活动留住学者，(3)确保学者获得副学位的目标实现，以及(A)在大学职业介绍办公室的支持下获得就业机会，或(B)在学院转学中心的支持下获得学士学位。该项目的智力价值在于，学者可以接触到具有STEM经验的教职员工和雇主，以及学者与从事数学建模、数值分析和科学计算机编程、疾病传播、生态学和食品科学等领域研究的教职员工的接触。该项目的更广泛影响体现在：(1)在STEM领域提高主要是少数族裔的学生的地位；(2)利用HBCU Title III资助的保留活动；(3)项目传播；以及(4)由于STEM学位专业人员的增加而使社区受益。