Enhancing Recruitment and Retention for Women in Science and Engineering

加强科学和工程领域女性的招聘和保留

• 批准号: 0630882
• 负责人: Lynne Gildensoph
• 金额: $ 49.94万
• 依托单位: St. Catherine University
• 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 2012-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0630882&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancing; Recruitment; Retention; Women; Science

This project is providing scholarships for students in the disciplines of biology, chemistry, math, computer science, physics, and engineering majors through four distinct types of support, each with its own criteria based on four predictors: i) Academic performance, ii) Engagement in STEM, iii) Involvement in STEM, and iv) Tenacity in STEM. This multi-faceted approach is based the institution's experience with its all-female student population who exhibit a variety of economic and personal circumstances, differing degrees of academic preparation for STEM course taking, and varying depths of knowledge about STEM careers and how such career paths intersect with their abilities and interests. Two key student support services underpin the scholarship awards: a drop-in science center and Case Study workshops, both of which are creating a supportive infrastructure and community and are helping students better understand STEM careers. Furthermore, the Case Study activities have a value-added component in the form of outreach to local grade 9-12 students helping them learn about STEM careers. The intellectual merit of this project lies in its provision of more defined avenues for STEM involvement and success than traditional approaches through the individualized approaches to awarding scholarships. The broader impacts of this effort are felt through the scholars' participation in the institution's science center where students are strongly supported in their STEM pursuits, creating a more technically aware population and increasing the pool of future students.

该项目通过四种不同类型的支持为生物学，化学，数学，计算机科学，物理学和工程专业的学生提供奖学金，每种支持都有自己的标准，基于四个预测因素：i）学业成绩，ii）参与STEM，iii）参与STEM，iv）在STEM中的韧性。这种多方面的方法是基于该机构的经验，其所有女性学生群体表现出各种经济和个人情况，不同程度的学术准备STEM课程，以及对STEM职业的不同知识深度，以及这些职业道路如何与他们的能力和兴趣相交。两个关键的学生支持服务支持奖学金：一个下降的科学中心和案例研究研讨会，这两个都是创建一个支持性的基础设施和社区，并帮助学生更好地了解干职业。此外，案例研究活动具有增值的组成部分，其形式是与当地9-12年级的学生进行外联，帮助他们了解STEM职业。该项目的智力价值在于通过个性化的奖学金发放方法，为STEM参与和成功提供了比传统方法更明确的途径。这一努力的更广泛的影响是通过学者参与该机构的科学中心，学生在他们的STEM追求得到大力支持，创造了一个更技术意识的人口，并增加了未来的学生库。