STARS-Plus

STARS-Plus

• 批准号: 0714930
• 负责人: Sandra DeLoatch
• 金额: $ 249.99万
• 依托单位: Norfolk State University
• 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: 2007-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0714930&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STARS; Plus

Norfolk State University, an HBCU that serves approximately 6,200 students including 765 enrolled in STEM disciplines, will focus this project on the development STEM majors in their junior and senior years. This project builds on a successful first HBCU-UP five year project, which targeted students at the beginning of their undergraduate careers. Many of the activities of the initial HBCU-UP project were institutionalized, thus allowing for growth of the program. The major activities of this STARS-Plus (Science and Technology Academicians on the Road to Success-Plus) project include: (i) partnerships with local high schools; a local community college and a local corporation; (ii) a summer bridge program, which will target community college students as well as incoming freshman students; (iii) a residential learning community for STEM students; (iv) a mentoring center; (v) tutoring program; (vi) curriculum development; (vii) graduate school preparation, including a formal credit course; (viii) research opportunities and scholarships for undergraduates and (ix) faculty development activities.Extensive and multifaceted, this project has the full support of the institution, and expects to learn from the activities through thorough evaluation and data driven decision making. These activities will serve as a model to the rest of the institution for ways to achieve the goals of: increasing the number of students in STEM disciplines; advance the climate of learning and scholarship; and increase the STEM graduation rate.

诺福克州立大学是一所 HBCU，为大约 6,200 名学生提供服务，其中 765 名学生就读于 STEM 学科，该项目将重点关注大三和大四学生的 STEM 专业发展。 该项目建立在 HBCU-UP 第一个成功的五年项目的基础上，该项目针对的是本科生职业生涯初期的学生。 最初 HBCU-UP 项目的许多活动都已制度化，从而促进了该项目的发展。 STARS-Plus（走向成功之路的科技院士-Plus）项目的主要活动包括：（i）与当地高中建立伙伴关系；当地社区学院和当地公司； (ii) 夏季桥梁计划，该计划将针对社区学院的学生以及新生； (iii) STEM 学生的住宿学习社区； (iv) 辅导中心； (v) 辅导计划； (vi) 课程开发； (vii) 研究生院准备，包括正式学分课程； (viii) 本科生的研究机会和奖学金，以及 (ix) 教师发展活动。该项目广泛且多方面，得到了机构的全力支持，并期望通过彻底的评估和数据驱动的决策从活动中学习。 这些活动将为该机构的其他部门树立榜样，以实现以下目标： 增加 STEM 学科的学生数量；促进学习和学术氛围；并提高 STEM 毕业率。