Louisiana Tech's S-STEM Scholarship Program

该奖学金计划的目标是增加学生的招聘和保留到工程和科学的学习课程，导致准备进入STEM劳动力的毕业生人数增加。 该项目特别关注那些表现出学术天赋和经济需求的新生。该项目的优点在于其利用了经过验证的综合工程和科学课程，包括团队建设，协作学习和动手活动，以及新兴的生活和学习社区的努力。一项特殊的新生充实计划正在关键的大学第一年为学生提供进一步的支持。该项目预计80%的S-STEM学者将获得STEM学位。该项目更广泛的影响体现在预计将增加100多名STEM专业人员，如果没有支持，他们将无法成功完成STEM学位。该项目表明，为重点学生群体提供财务和学术支持，可以提高他们获得STEM学位和进入劳动力市场的成功率。此外，该项目预期其成功要素将成为其他机构适应和实施的模式。

The goal of this scholarship program is to increase the recruitment and retention of students into courses of study in engineering and science, leading to an increase in the number of graduates prepared to enter the STEM workforce. The project is focusing particularly on incoming freshmen who demonstrate academic talent and financial need. The merit of the project lies in its leverage of a proven Integrated Engineering and Science Curriculum that includes team building, collaborative learning, and hands-on activities, as well as an emerging Living and Learning Community effort. A special Freshman Enrichment Program is providing further student support during the critical first year of college. The project expects eighty percent of its S-STEM scholars to graduate with a STEM degree. The broader impacts of the project are seen in the expected increase of over one hundred STEM professionals who would not have successfully completed a STEM degree without support. The project is demonstrating that providing financial and academic support to a focused cohort of students increases their success in obtaining STEM degrees and entering the workforce. Furthermore, the project expects its successful elements to serve as models for adaptation and implementation at other institutions.