STARS-Plus

诺福克州立大学是一所HBCU，为大约6200名学生提供服务，其中765名学生注册了STEM学科，该项目将把这个项目的重点放在STEM专业低年级和高年级的发展上。这个项目建立在一个成功的HBCU-UP五年项目的基础上，该项目针对的是本科生职业生涯之初的学生。最初的HBCU-UP项目的许多活动都已制度化，从而使该方案得以发展。STARS-PLUS(科技院士通向成功之路)项目的主要活动包括：(I)与当地高中、当地社区学院和当地公司建立伙伴关系；(Ii)针对社区大学生和即将入学的新生的暑期桥计划；(Iii)为STEM学生建立一个住宿学习社区；(Iv)一个辅导中心；(V)辅导计划；(Vi)课程开发；(Vii)研究生院准备工作，包括一个正式的学分课程；()为本科生提供的研究机会和奖学金以及(Ix)教师发展活动。这个项目得到了该机构的全力支持，并希望通过彻底的评估和数据驱动的决策来从这些活动中学习。这些活动将作为该机构其他部门实现以下目标的典范：增加STEM专业的学生人数；促进学习和奖学金的氛围；以及提高STEM毕业率。

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.