RU-STEPed Up for Success

RU-迈向成功

• 批准号: 0756879
• 负责人: Kathleen Scott
• 金额: $ 200万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-15 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0756879&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RU; STEPed; Up; Success

"Are You STEPped Up for Success" is a cohesive set of programmatic interventions that recruits STEM majors from underrepresented groups (women and minorities) and improves retention of first-year and transfer STEM students through summer bridge experiences, academic support, mentoring, and orientation programs. The program has two cornerstone recruitment strategies: a recruitment program targeted at high school girls interested in engineering careers and a Saturday Science program for high school juniors and seniors in local school districts characterized by large minority populations, historic poverty, and low college attendance. The retention activities are directed at both entering and transfer students whose skill levels in mathematics and writing do not reach college level including: a summer bridge program in writing, mathematics and chemistry for incoming first-year students; academic year mentoring programs utilizing trained peer mentors and teaching assistants to continue support as students enter college level courses; and creation of four learning communities: pre-calculus, general chemistry , women, and transfer students including non-residential students. This program provides a model for a cohesive academic and social support system by which academically disadvantaged young people will feel comfortable with, and be prepared for, academic and intellectual exploration in the STEM fields.

“Are You Stepped Up for Success”是一套有凝聚力的方案干预措施，从代表性不足的群体（妇女和少数民族）中招募STEM专业学生，并通过夏桥经验，学术支持，指导和定向计划提高一年级和转学STEM学生的保留率。 该计划有两个基石招聘策略：针对对工程职业感兴趣的高中女生的招聘计划，以及针对当地学区的高中三年级和四年级学生的周六科学计划，这些学区的特点是少数民族人口众多，历史贫困和大学入学率低。 保留活动针对数学和写作技能水平达不到大学水平的新生和转学生，其中包括：为即将入学的一年级学生提供写作、数学和化学方面的夏桥方案;学年辅导方案，利用训练有素的同伴导师和助教在学生进入大学课程时继续提供支持;以及创建四个学习社区：微积分预科、普通化学、妇女和转学生，包括非住校生。该计划提供了一个有凝聚力的学术和社会支持系统的模型，通过该系统，学术上处于不利地位的年轻人将感到舒适，并为STEM领域的学术和智力探索做好准备。