SMaRT Scholars for Success

为了促进保留和成功，SMaRT（科学数学和相关技术）学者成功计划每年为生物学，生物技术，化学，化学技术，计算机科学，工程，工程技术和数学/物理专业的全日制学生提供奖学金。所有学者都参加了一个学习社区，其中包括导师，学生成功专家和教师。沿着财政和学术支持，SMaRT学者计划还整合了学生服务和同行支持结构。这些组成部分旨在帮助SMaRT学者将自己塑造成科学家，工程师，技术人员和数学家社区的成功参与者。智力优势：该项目有三个目标。(1)通过一个协调的，密集的高中招生计划，学院每年提供奖学金给经济困难，学术天赋的学生，从而增加了15%的全日制STEM专业的数量。(2)至少80%的参与者成功完成了第一学期所需的数学课程（大学代数和微积分），这些课程传统上有很高的失败率。(3)该学院提供100%的SMaRT学者谁成功完成课程转让或就业安置援助，这取决于个人的目标。更广泛的影响：该项目全面解决了学生在STEM学科取得成功的财务，学术和情感障碍。通过建立一个强大的学者群体，以及围绕该群体的支持导师社区，SMaRT学者成功计划致力于解决学生的感受和情感障碍，这些障碍对所有学生来说都是重要的，而且往往对传统上代表性不足的学生产生最大的影响。通过这个项目，该学院正在实施和推广一个有助于克服所有三类障碍的模式。

In order to promote retention and success, the SMaRT (Science Math and Related Technologies) Scholars for Success program offers scholarships annually to full-time students in Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Math/Physics majors. All scholars enroll in a learning community that includes tutors, student success specialists, and faculty. Along with financial and academic supports, the SMaRT Scholars program also integrates student service and peer support structures. These components are designed to help the SMaRT Scholar develop an image of him or herself as a successful participant in a community of scientists, engineers, technicians, and mathematicians. Intellectual Merit: The project has three objectives. (1) Through a coordinated, intensive high school recruitment program, the college is providing scholarships annually to financially disadvantaged, academically talented students, thus increasing the number of full-time STEM majors by 15%. (2) At least 80% of participants are successfully completing the required first semester mathematics courses (College Algebra and Calculus), which have traditionally had high failure rates. (3) The college is providing 100% of SMaRT Scholars who successfully complete coursework transfer or job placement assistance, depending on the individual scholar''s goals. Broader Impacts: The project comprehensively addresses financial, academic, and emotional barriers to student success in STEM disciplines. By building a strong cohort of scholars, as well as a community of supportive mentors around the cohort, the SMaRT Scholars for Success program works to address student feelings and emotional barriers that can prove significant for all students, and often impact traditionally underrepresented students most significantly. With this project, the college is implementing and disseminating a model that can help to overcome all three categories of barriers.